#acb6a8

Color #acb6a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 9.28 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#acb6a8

RGB

rgb(172, 182, 168)

HSL

hsl(102.9, 8.8%, 68.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(102.9, 7.7%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(72.93, -6.11, 5.93)

LCH

lch(72.93, 8.51, 135.86)

OKLCH

oklch(76.4%, 0.0226, 136.62)

HWB

hwb(102.9, 65.9%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b2a8b6

Analogous

#b3b6a8

#acb6a8

#a8b6ab

Triadic

#acb6a8

#a8acb6

#b6a8ac

Split-complementary

#acb6a8

#aba8b6

#b6a8b3

Tetradic

#acb6a8

#a8b6b2

#b2a8b6

#b6a8ac

Square

#acb6a8

#a8b3b6

#b2a8b6

#b6aba8

Shades

Color #acb6a8 mixed toward black.

#8e9b88

#707f6a

#545f50

#383f35

#1c201b

Tints

Color #acb6a8 mixed toward white.

#bac2b6

#c8cec5

#d5dad3

#e3e7e2

#f1f3f0

Tones

Color #acb6a8 mixed toward gray.

#acb5a9

#adb4aa

#adb2ab

#aeb1ad

#aeb0ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b0b1ac · ΔE 6.2

Deuteranopia

#b0afac · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#adaeaf · ΔE 9.1

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 8.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #acb6a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#acb6a8]

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Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Frequently asked questions

#acb6a8 (#acb6a8) is rgb(172, 182, 168) in RGB.

No, #acb6a8 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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