#a6b6ac

Color #a6b6ac

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a6b6ac

RGB

rgb(166, 182, 172)

HSL

hsl(142.5, 9.9%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(142.5, 8.8%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(72.59, -7.47, 3.2)

LCH

lch(72.59, 8.13, 156.81)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0227, 158.53)

HWB

hwb(142.5, 65.1%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6a6b0

Analogous

#a8b6a6

#a6b6ac

#a6b6b4

Triadic

#a6b6ac

#aca6b6

#b6aca6

Split-complementary

#a6b6ac

#b4a6b6

#b6a6a8

Tetradic

#a6b6ac

#a6b0b6

#b6a6b0

#b6aca6

Square

#a6b6ac

#a6a8b6

#b6a6b0

#b6b4a6

Shades

Color #a6b6ac mixed toward black.

#869c8e

#687f71

#4e6055

#344039

#1a201c

Tints

Color #a6b6ac mixed toward white.

#b5c2ba

#c4cec8

#d2dad5

#e1e7e3

#f0f3f1

Tones

Color #a6b6ac mixed toward gray.

#a7b5ac

#a9b3ad

#aab2ad

#abb1ad

#adafae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adadae · ΔE 9.7

Deuteranopia

#acabaf · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#a7b0b1 · ΔE 6.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 9.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a6b6ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a6b6ac]

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Medium Sea Green #3cb371

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#a6b6ac (#a6b6ac) is rgb(166, 182, 172) in RGB.

No, #a6b6ac 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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