#a9afa5

Color #a9afa5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 6.12 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9afa5

RGB

rgb(169, 175, 165)

HSL

hsl(96, 5.9%, 66.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96, 5.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 5.7%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(70.74, -3.99, 4.39)

LCH

lch(70.74, 5.93, 132.27)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0156, 132.4)

HWB

hwb(96, 64.7%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba5af

Analogous

#aeafa5

#a9afa5

#a5afa6

Triadic

#a9afa5

#a5a9af

#afa5a9

Split-complementary

#a9afa5

#a6a5af

#afa5ae

Tetradic

#a9afa5

#a5afab

#aba5af

#afa5a9

Square

#a9afa5

#a5aeaf

#aba5af

#afa6a5

Shades

Color #a9afa5 mixed toward black.

#8c9487

#70786b

#545a50

#383c35

#1c1e1b

Tints

Color #a9afa5 mixed toward white.

#b7bcb4

#c6cac3

#d4d7d2

#e2e4e1

#f1f2f0

Tones

Color #a9afa5 mixed toward gray.

#a9aea6

#a9ada7

#aaada8

#aaaca8

#aaaba9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.24:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acaca7 · ΔE 4.1

Deuteranopia

#ababa8 · ΔE 5

Tritanopia

#a9a9aa · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 6.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9afa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9afa5]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a9afa5 (#a9afa5) is rgb(169, 175, 165) in RGB.

No, #a9afa5 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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