#a7aa9c

Color #a7aa9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.76 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a7aa9c

RGB

rgb(167, 170, 156)

HSL

hsl(72.9, 7.6%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(72.9, 8.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(69.02, -3.64, 6.85)

LCH

lch(69.02, 7.76, 117.99)

OKLCH

oklch(73.2%, 0.02, 116.69)

HWB

hwb(72.9, 61.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9caa

Analogous

#aaa69c

#a7aa9c

#a0aa9c

Triadic

#a7aa9c

#9ca7aa

#aa9ca7

Split-complementary

#a7aa9c

#9ca0aa

#a69caa

Tetradic

#a7aa9c

#9caa9f

#9f9caa

#aa9ca7

Square

#a7aa9c

#9caaa6

#9f9caa

#aa9ca0

Shades

Color #a7aa9c mixed toward black.

#8d917f

#717564

#55584b

#393a32

#1c1d19

Tints

Color #a7aa9c mixed toward white.

#b6b8ac

#c4c6bd

#d3d4cd

#e2e3de

#f0f1ee

Tones

Color #a7aa9c mixed toward gray.

#a6a99d

#a6a89e

#a5a69f

#a4a5a1

#a4a4a2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a8a8a0 · ΔE 3.3

Deuteranopia

#a8a8a0 · ΔE 3.3

Tritanopia

#a7a2a3 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 7.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a7aa9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a7aa9c]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#a7aa9c (#a7aa9c) is rgb(167, 170, 156) in RGB.

No, #a7aa9c 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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