#a9acab

Color #a9acab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.52 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9acab

RGB

rgb(169, 172, 171)

HSL

hsl(160, 1.8%, 66.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(160, 1.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(70.09, -1.25, 0.14)

LCH

lch(70.09, 1.26, 173.61)

OKLCH

oklch(74.2%, 0.0037, 173.83)

HWB

hwb(160, 66.3%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aca9aa

Analogous

#a9acaa

#a9acab

#a9acac

Triadic

#a9acab

#aba9ac

#acaba9

Split-complementary

#a9acab

#aca9ac

#acaaa9

Tetradic

#a9acab

#a9aaac

#aca9aa

#acaba9

Square

#a9acab

#aaa9ac

#aca9aa

#acaca9

Shades

Color #a9acab mixed toward black.

#8c908f

#707472

#545756

#383a39

#1c1d1d

Tints

Color #a9acab mixed toward white.

#b7bab9

#c6c8c7

#d4d6d5

#e2e3e3

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #a9acab mixed toward gray.

#a9acab

#aaacab

#aaabab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaaaab · ΔE 2.2

Deuteranopia

#aaaaab · ΔE 2.2

Tritanopia

#a9abab · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 1.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9acab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9acab]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Frequently asked questions

#a9acab (#a9acab) is rgb(169, 172, 171) in RGB.

No, #a9acab 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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