#a5b59c

Color #a5b59c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.16 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a5b59c

RGB

rgb(165, 181, 156)

HSL

hsl(98.4, 14.5%, 66.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(98.4, 13.8%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 13.8%, 29%)

LAB

lab(71.86, -10.22, 10.88)

LCH

lch(71.86, 14.93, 133.21)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.0393, 134.18)

HWB

hwb(98.4, 61.2%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac9cb5

Analogous

#b2b59c

#a5b59c

#9cb5a0

Triadic

#a5b59c

#9ca5b5

#b59ca5

Split-complementary

#a5b59c

#a09cb5

#b59cb2

Tetradic

#a5b59c

#9cb5ac

#ac9cb5

#b59ca5

Square

#a5b59c

#9cb2b5

#ac9cb5

#b5a09c

Shades

Color #a5b59c mixed toward black.

#889d7c

#6c8160

#516048

#364030

#1b2018

Tints

Color #a5b59c mixed toward white.

#b4c1ad

#c3cebd

#d2dace

#e1e6de

#f0f3ef

Tones

Color #a5b59c mixed toward gray.

#a6b39e

#a6b1a0

#a7afa2

#a7ada4

#a8aba6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.69:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca3 · ΔE 9.6

Deuteranopia

#abaaa4 · ΔE 11.1

Tritanopia

#a6a7a8 · ΔE 13.8

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 13.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a5b59c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a5b59c]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a5b59c (#a5b59c) is rgb(165, 181, 156) in RGB.

No, #a5b59c 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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