#a8aca6

Color #a8aca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.69 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#a8aca6

RGB

rgb(168, 172, 166)

HSL

hsl(100, 3.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(100, 3.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.88, -2.55, 2.59)

LCH

lch(69.88, 3.63, 134.55)

OKLCH

oklch(73.9%, 0.0096, 135)

HWB

hwb(100, 65.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aaa6ac

Analogous

#abaca6

#a8aca6

#a6aca7

Triadic

#a8aca6

#a6a8ac

#aca6a8

Split-complementary

#a8aca6

#a7a6ac

#aca6ab

Tetradic

#a8aca6

#a6acaa

#aaa6ac

#aca6a8

Square

#a8aca6

#a6abac

#aaa6ac

#aca7a6

Shades

Color #a8aca6 mixed toward black.

#8c9189

#6f756d

#545752

#383a36

#1c1d1b

Tints

Color #a8aca6 mixed toward white.

#b7bab5

#c5c8c4

#d4d6d3

#e2e3e1

#f1f1f0

Tones

Color #a8aca6 mixed toward gray.

#a8aca7

#a8aba7

#a9aba8

#a9aaa8

#a9aaa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.12:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa7 · ΔE 2.8

Deuteranopia

#aaa9a8 · ΔE 4.1

Tritanopia

#a8a9a9 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 4.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8aca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8aca6]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Frequently asked questions

#a8aca6 (#a8aca6) is rgb(168, 172, 166) in RGB.

No, #a8aca6 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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