#a9b397

Color #a9b397

A muted light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 15.84 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.7

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b397

RGB

rgb(169, 179, 151)

HSL

hsl(81.4, 15.6%, 64.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(81.4, 15.6%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(71.49, -8.57, 13.13)

LCH

lch(71.49, 15.68, 123.13)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.0406, 123.34)

HWB

hwb(81.4, 59.2%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a197b3

Analogous

#b3af97

#a9b397

#9bb397

Triadic

#a9b397

#97a9b3

#b397a9

Split-complementary

#a9b397

#979bb3

#af97b3

Tetradic

#a9b397

#97b3a1

#a197b3

#b397a9

Square

#a9b397

#97b3af

#a197b3

#b3979b

Shades

Color #a9b397 mixed toward black.

#8f9c77

#737f5d

#565f46

#39402e

#1d2017

Tints

Color #a9b397 mixed toward white.

#b7c0a8

#c6ccba

#d4d9cb

#e2e6dc

#f1f2ee

Tones

Color #a9b397 mixed toward gray.

#a8b199

#a8ae9c

#a7ac9e

#a6aaa0

#a6a7a3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adae9e · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#adaca0 · ΔE 8.1

Tritanopia

#aaa4a5 · ΔE 16.8

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b397]

Related colors

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#a9b397 (#a9b397) is rgb(169, 179, 151) in RGB.

No, #a9b397 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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