#a9b6a3

Color #a9b6a3

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b6a3

RGB

rgb(169, 182, 163)

HSL

hsl(101.1, 11.5%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(101.1, 10.4%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 10.4%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(72.58, -8.08, 8.14)

LCH

lch(72.58, 11.47, 134.79)

OKLCH

oklch(76.1%, 0.0303, 135.54)

HWB

hwb(101.1, 63.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0a3b6

Analogous

#b2b6a3

#a9b6a3

#a3b6a6

Triadic

#a9b6a3

#a3a9b6

#b6a3a9

Split-complementary

#a9b6a3

#a6a3b6

#b6a3b2

Tetradic

#a9b6a3

#a3b6b0

#b0a3b6

#b6a3a9

Square

#a9b6a3

#a3b2b6

#b0a3b6

#b6a6a3

Shades

Color #a9b6a3 mixed toward black.

#8b9c83

#6e8066

#53604c

#374033

#1c2019

Tints

Color #a9b6a3 mixed toward white.

#b7c2b2

#c6cec2

#d4dad1

#e2e7e0

#f1f3f0

Tones

Color #a9b6a3 mixed toward gray.

#a9b4a4

#aab3a6

#abb1a8

#abb0a9

#acaeab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.91:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#afafa8 · ΔE 8.1

Deuteranopia

#aeada9 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#aaacac · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 11

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b6a3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b6a3]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Frequently asked questions

#a9b6a3 (#a9b6a3) is rgb(169, 182, 163) in RGB.

No, #a9b6a3 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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