#a8afa9

Color #a8afa9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 4.5 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#a8afa9

RGB

rgb(168, 175, 169)

HSL

hsl(128.6, 4.2%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(128.6, 4%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(4%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.77, -3.6, 2.22)

LCH

lch(70.77, 4.23, 148.34)

OKLCH

oklch(74.7%, 0.0116, 149.89)

HWB

hwb(128.6, 65.9%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#afa8ae

Analogous

#abafa8

#a8afa9

#a8afad

Triadic

#a8afa9

#a9a8af

#afa9a8

Split-complementary

#a8afa9

#ada8af

#afa8ab

Tetradic

#a8afa9

#a8aeaf

#afa8ae

#afa9a8

Square

#a8afa9

#a8abaf

#afa8ae

#afada8

Shades

Color #a8afa9 mixed toward black.

#8a948c

#6e776f

#525953

#373c37

#1b1e1c

Tints

Color #a8afa9 mixed toward white.

#b7bcb7

#c5cac6

#d4d7d4

#e2e4e2

#f1f2f1

Tones

Color #a8afa9 mixed toward gray.

#a9afaa

#a9aeaa

#aaadaa

#aaadab

#abacab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ababaa · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#abaaab · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#a8acac · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 5.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a8afa9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a8afa9]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#a8afa9 (#a8afa9) is rgb(168, 175, 169) in RGB.

No, #a8afa9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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