#acadab

Color #acadab

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 1.78 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-400 #a1a1a1 · ΔE 3.7

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Conversions

HEX

#acadab

RGB

rgb(172, 173, 171)

HSL

hsl(90, 1.2%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 1.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(70.59, -0.73, 0.9)

LCH

lch(70.59, 1.16, 129.05)

OKLCH

oklch(74.6%, 0.0031, 128.37)

HWB

hwb(90, 67.1%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#acabad

Analogous

#adadab

#acadab

#abadab

Triadic

#acadab

#abacad

#adabac

Split-complementary

#acadab

#ababad

#adabad

Tetradic

#acadab

#abadac

#acabad

#adabac

Square

#acadab

#abadad

#acabad

#adabab

Shades

Color #acadab mixed toward black.

#8f918e

#737471

#565755

#393a39

#1d1d1c

Tints

Color #acadab mixed toward white.

#babbb9

#c8c8c7

#d6d6d5

#e3e4e3

#f1f1f1

Tones

Color #acadab mixed toward gray.

#acadab

#acadac

#acacac

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#acacab · ΔE 0.9

Deuteranopia

#acacac · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#acacac · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 1.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acadab;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acadab]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#acadab (#acadab) is rgb(172, 173, 171) in RGB.

No, #acadab 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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