#adb5a8

Color #adb5a8

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light green.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.45 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 4.3

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Conversions

HEX

#adb5a8

RGB

rgb(173, 181, 168)

HSL

hsl(96.9, 8.1%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(96.9, 7.2%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)

LAB

lab(72.73, -5.22, 5.66)

LCH

lch(72.73, 7.7, 132.68)

OKLCH

oklch(76.3%, 0.0203, 133.2)

HWB

hwb(96.9, 65.9%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b0a8b5

Analogous

#b3b5a8

#adb5a8

#a8b5a9

Triadic

#adb5a8

#a8adb5

#b5a8ad

Split-complementary

#adb5a8

#a9a8b5

#b5a8b3

Tetradic

#adb5a8

#a8b5b0

#b0a8b5

#b5a8ad

Square

#adb5a8

#a8b3b5

#b0a8b5

#b5a9a8

Shades

Color #adb5a8 mixed toward black.

#8f9a88

#727e6b

#565e50

#393f35

#1d1f1b

Tints

Color #adb5a8 mixed toward white.

#bbc1b6

#c8cec5

#d6dad3

#e4e6e2

#f1f3f0

Tones

Color #adb5a8 mixed toward gray.

#adb4a9

#adb3aa

#aeb2ab

#aeb1ac

#aeb0ad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b1ab · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#b0afac · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#adaeae · ΔE 7.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 7.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #adb5a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#adb5a8]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#adb5a8 (#adb5a8) is rgb(173, 181, 168) in RGB.

No, #adb5a8 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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