#a9b8a1

Color #a9b8a1

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 14.26 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#a9b8a1

RGB

rgb(169, 184, 161)

HSL

hsl(99.1, 13.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(99.1, 12.5%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(73.08, -9.48, 9.93)

LCH

lch(73.08, 13.73, 133.67)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0362, 134.55)

HWB

hwb(99.1, 63.1%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0a1b8

Analogous

#b4b8a1

#a9b8a1

#a1b8a4

Triadic

#a9b8a1

#a1a9b8

#b8a1a9

Split-complementary

#a9b8a1

#a4a1b8

#b8a1b4

Tetradic

#a9b8a1

#a1b8b0

#b0a1b8

#b8a1a9

Square

#a9b8a1

#a1b4b8

#b0a1b8

#b8a4a1

Shades

Color #a9b8a1 mixed toward black.

#8b9f80

#6e8363

#53624a

#374131

#1c2119

Tints

Color #a9b8a1 mixed toward white.

#b7c4b1

#c6d0c0

#d4dbd0

#e2e7e0

#f1f3ef

Tones

Color #a9b8a1 mixed toward gray.

#a9b6a3

#aab4a5

#abb2a7

#abb0a9

#acaeaa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.06:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b0a7 · ΔE 8.8

Deuteranopia

#afaea8 · ΔE 10.4

Tritanopia

#aaabac · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 12.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #a9b8a1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#a9b8a1]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#a9b8a1 (#a9b8a1) is rgb(169, 184, 161) in RGB.

No, #a9b8a1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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