#acb1ae

Color #acb1ae

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 3.53 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#acb1ae

RGB

rgb(172, 177, 174)

HSL

hsl(144, 3.1%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(144, 2.8%, 69.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 1.7%, 30.6%)

LAB

lab(71.74, -2.32, 0.92)

LCH

lch(71.74, 2.5, 158.37)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.007, 160.02)

HWB

hwb(144, 67.5%, 30.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b1acaf

Analogous

#acb1ac

#acb1ae

#acb1b0

Triadic

#acb1ae

#aeacb1

#b1aeac

Split-complementary

#acb1ae

#b0acb1

#b1acac

Tetradic

#acb1ae

#acafb1

#b1acaf

#b1aeac

Square

#acb1ae

#acacb1

#b1acaf

#b1b0ac

Shades

Color #acb1ae mixed toward black.

#8e9591

#717874

#555a57

#383c3a

#1c1e1d

Tints

Color #acb1ae mixed toward white.

#babebb

#c8cbc9

#d5d8d6

#e3e5e4

#f1f2f1

Tones

Color #acb1ae mixed toward gray.

#acb1ae

#adb0ae

#aeafae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aeaeaf · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#aeaeaf · ΔE 3.8

Tritanopia

#acafaf · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#b0b0b0 · ΔE 3.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #acb1ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb1ae]

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Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#acb1ae (#acb1ae) is rgb(172, 177, 174) in RGB.

No, #acb1ae 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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