#a5ac8b

Color #a5ac8b

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f · ΔE 15.92 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a5ac8b

RGB

rgb(165, 172, 139)

HSL

hsl(72.7, 16.6%, 61%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.7, 19.2%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 19.2%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.02, -8.31, 16.18)

LCH

lch(69.02, 18.19, 117.18)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0466, 117.33)

HWB

hwb(72.7, 54.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#928bac

Analogous

#aca38b

#a5ac8b

#95ac8b

Triadic

#a5ac8b

#8ba5ac

#ac8ba5

Split-complementary

#a5ac8b

#8b95ac

#a38bac

Tetradic

#a5ac8b

#8bac92

#928bac

#ac8ba5

Square

#a5ac8b

#8baca3

#928bac

#ac8b95

Shades

Color #a5ac8b mixed toward black.

#8e966d

#727956

#555b41

#393c2b

#1c1e16

Tints

Color #a5ac8b mixed toward white.

#b4ba9e

#c3c8b2

#d2d6c5

#e1e3d8

#f0f1ec

Tones

Color #a5ac8b mixed toward gray.

#a3a98e

#a2a791

#a0a493

#9fa196

#9d9e99

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a894 · ΔE 5.4

Deuteranopia

#a8a796 · ΔE 6.7

Tritanopia

#a59a9c · ΔE 20.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 14

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5ac8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5ac8b]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a5ac8b (#a5ac8b) is rgb(165, 172, 139) in RGB.

No, #a5ac8b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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