#a9b1a6

Color #a9b1a6

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.05 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b1a6

RGB

rgb(169, 177, 166)

HSL

hsl(103.6, 6.6%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(103.6, 6.2%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 6.2%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(71.3, -4.88, 4.65)

LCH

lch(71.3, 6.74, 136.38)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0179, 137.04)

HWB

hwb(103.6, 65.1%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aea6b1

Analogous

#afb1a6

#a9b1a6

#a6b1a9

Triadic

#a9b1a6

#a6a9b1

#b1a6a9

Split-complementary

#a9b1a6

#a9a6b1

#b1a6af

Tetradic

#a9b1a6

#a6b1ae

#aea6b1

#b1a6a9

Square

#a9b1a6

#a6afb1

#aea6b1

#b1a9a6

Shades

Color #a9b1a6 mixed toward black.

#8c9688

#6f7a6b

#535b50

#373d35

#1c1e1b

Tints

Color #a9b1a6 mixed toward white.

#b7beb5

#c6cbc4

#d4d8d3

#e2e5e1

#f1f2f0

Tones

Color #a9b1a6 mixed toward gray.

#aab0a7

#aaafa8

#aaaea9

#abadaa

#abadab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.53:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adada9 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#acaba9 · ΔE 6.8

Tritanopia

#a9abab · ΔE 6.7

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 7.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b1a6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b1a6]

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Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Frequently asked questions

#a9b1a6 (#a9b1a6) is rgb(169, 177, 166) in RGB.

No, #a9b1a6 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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