#a6a99e

Color #a6a99e

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.17 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6a99e

RGB

rgb(166, 169, 158)

HSL

hsl(76.4, 6%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(76.4, 6.5%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(68.72, -3.11, 5.3)

LCH

lch(68.72, 6.15, 120.4)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.0159, 119.3)

HWB

hwb(76.4, 62%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a19ea9

Analogous

#a9a69e

#a6a99e

#a0a99e

Triadic

#a6a99e

#9ea6a9

#a99ea6

Split-complementary

#a6a99e

#9ea0a9

#a69ea9

Tetradic

#a6a99e

#9ea9a1

#a19ea9

#a99ea6

Square

#a6a99e

#9ea9a6

#a19ea9

#a99ea0

Shades

Color #a6a99e mixed toward black.

#8b8f81

#707466

#54574d

#383a33

#1c1d1a

Tints

Color #a6a99e mixed toward white.

#b5b7ae

#c4c6be

#d2d4ce

#e1e2df

#f0f1ef

Tones

Color #a6a99e mixed toward gray.

#a6a89f

#a5a7a0

#a5a6a1

#a4a5a2

#a4a4a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a7a7a1 · ΔE 3

Deuteranopia

#a7a7a1 · ΔE 3

Tritanopia

#a6a3a3 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 6.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a6a99e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6a99e]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a6a99e (#a6a99e) is rgb(166, 169, 158) in RGB.

No, #a6a99e 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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