#a9ac9c

Color #a9ac9c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.84 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 1.6

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Conversions

HEX

#a9ac9c

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 156)

HSL

hsl(71.3, 8.8%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(71.3, 9.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.71, -3.99, 7.87)

LCH

lch(69.71, 8.82, 116.88)

OKLCH

oklch(73.7%, 0.0227, 115.55)

HWB

hwb(71.3, 61.2%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9f9cac

Analogous

#aca79c

#a9ac9c

#a1ac9c

Triadic

#a9ac9c

#9ca9ac

#ac9ca9

Split-complementary

#a9ac9c

#9ca1ac

#a79cac

Tetradic

#a9ac9c

#9cac9f

#9f9cac

#ac9ca9

Square

#a9ac9c

#9caca7

#9f9cac

#ac9ca1

Shades

Color #a9ac9c mixed toward black.

#8f937e

#737764

#56594b

#3a3b32

#1d1e19

Tints

Color #a9ac9c mixed toward white.

#b7baac

#c6c8bd

#d4d5cd

#e2e3de

#f1f1ee

Tones

Color #a9ac9c mixed toward gray.

#a8ab9d

#a7a99f

#a6a8a0

#a6a7a1

#a5a5a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.07:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa0 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa1 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#a9a3a4 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9ac9c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9ac9c]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Frequently asked questions

#a9ac9c (#a9ac9c) is rgb(169, 172, 156) in RGB.

No, #a9ac9c 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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