#a8afa6

Color #a8afa6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 5.79 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8afa6

RGB

rgb(168, 175, 166)

HSL

hsl(106.7, 5.3%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(106.7, 5.1%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 0%, 5.1%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.69, -4.16, 3.76)

LCH

lch(70.69, 5.61, 137.89)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0149, 138.81)

HWB

hwb(106.7, 65.1%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ada6af

Analogous

#adafa6

#a8afa6

#a6afa9

Triadic

#a8afa6

#a6a8af

#afa6a8

Split-complementary

#a8afa6

#a9a6af

#afa6ad

Tetradic

#a8afa6

#a6afad

#ada6af

#afa6a8

Square

#a8afa6

#a6adaf

#ada6af

#afa9a6

Shades

Color #a8afa6 mixed toward black.

#8b9488

#6e786c

#535a51

#373c36

#1c1e1b

Tints

Color #a8afa6 mixed toward white.

#b7bcb5

#c5cac4

#d4d7d3

#e2e4e1

#f1f2f0

Tones

Color #a8afa6 mixed toward gray.

#a9aea7

#a9aea8

#a9ada8

#aaaca9

#aaabaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababa8 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#abaaa9 · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#a8aaaa · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 6.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8afa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8afa6]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#a8afa6 (#a8afa6) is rgb(168, 175, 166) in RGB.

No, #a8afa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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