#a5b3ab

Color #a5b3ab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.27 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a5b3ab

RGB

rgb(165, 179, 171)

HSL

hsl(145.7, 8.4%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(145.7, 7.8%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(71.68, -6.41, 2.41)

LCH

lch(71.68, 6.85, 159.39)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.0193, 160.91)

HWB

hwb(145.7, 64.7%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b3a5ad

Analogous

#a6b3a5

#a5b3ab

#a5b3b2

Triadic

#a5b3ab

#aba5b3

#b3aba5

Split-complementary

#a5b3ab

#b2a5b3

#b3a5a6

Tetradic

#a5b3ab

#a5adb3

#b3a5ad

#b3aba5

Square

#a5b3ab

#a5a6b3

#b3a5ad

#b3b2a5

Shades

Color #a5b3ab mixed toward black.

#86998e

#697c71

#4f5d55

#353e39

#1a1f1c

Tints

Color #a5b3ab mixed toward white.

#b4c0b9

#c3ccc7

#d2d9d5

#e1e6e3

#f0f2f1

Tones

Color #a5b3ab mixed toward gray.

#a6b2ab

#a7b1ab

#a9b0ac

#aaaeac

#abadac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababad · ΔE 9

Deuteranopia

#aaa9ad · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#a6afaf · ΔE 4.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 8.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5b3ab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5b3ab]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#a5b3ab (#a5b3ab) is rgb(165, 179, 171) in RGB.

No, #a5b3ab 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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