#a9aca6

Color #a9aca6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.56 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#a9aca6

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 166)

HSL

hsl(90, 3.5%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 3.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(69.96, -2.19, 2.71)

LCH

lch(69.96, 3.48, 128.94)

OKLCH

oklch(74%, 0.0091, 128.76)

HWB

hwb(90, 65.1%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a9a6ac

Analogous

#acaca6

#a9aca6

#a6aca6

Triadic

#a9aca6

#a6a9ac

#aca6a9

Split-complementary

#a9aca6

#a6a6ac

#aca6ac

Tetradic

#a9aca6

#a6aca9

#a9a6ac

#aca6a9

Square

#a9aca6

#a6acac

#a9a6ac

#aca6a6

Shades

Color #a9aca6 mixed toward black.

#8d9189

#71756d

#555752

#383a36

#1c1d1b

Tints

Color #a9aca6 mixed toward white.

#b7bab5

#c6c8c4

#d4d6d3

#e2e3e1

#f1f1f0

Tones

Color #a9aca6 mixed toward gray.

#a9aca7

#a9aba7

#a9aba8

#a9aaa8

#a9aaa9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.3:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaa7 · ΔE 2.4

Deuteranopia

#aaaaa8 · ΔE 2.9

Tritanopia

#a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 3.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9aca6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9aca6]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a9aca6 (#a9aca6) is rgb(169, 172, 166) in RGB.

No, #a9aca6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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