#a6ad9d

Color #a6ad9d

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.18 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a6ad9d

RGB

rgb(166, 173, 157)

HSL

hsl(86.3, 8.9%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(86.3, 9.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 0%, 9.2%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(69.77, -5.44, 7.37)

LCH

lch(69.77, 9.16, 126.43)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0238, 126.29)

HWB

hwb(86.3, 61.6%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a49dad

Analogous

#adac9d

#a6ad9d

#9ead9d

Triadic

#a6ad9d

#9da6ad

#ad9da6

Split-complementary

#a6ad9d

#9d9ead

#ac9dad

Tetradic

#a6ad9d

#9dada4

#a49dad

#ad9da6

Square

#a6ad9d

#9dadac

#a49dad

#ad9d9e

Shades

Color #a6ad9d mixed toward black.

#8b947f

#6f7864

#535a4b

#383c32

#1c1e19

Tints

Color #a6ad9d mixed toward white.

#b5bbad

#c4c8be

#d2d6ce

#e1e4de

#f0f1ef

Tones

Color #a6ad9d mixed toward gray.

#a6ac9e

#a6aaa0

#a5a9a1

#a5a8a2

#a5a6a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9a9a1 · ΔE 5.2

Deuteranopia

#a9a8a2 · ΔE 6.4

Tritanopia

#a6a4a5 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 8.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6ad9d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6ad9d]

Related colors

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a6ad9d (#a6ad9d) is rgb(166, 173, 157) in RGB.

No, #a6ad9d 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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