#A5D1A4 colour

#A5D1A4 is a light muted green close to CSS mediumaquamarine. RGB 165, 209, 164, HSL 119, 33%, 73%. Black text passes AAA (12.26:1), white fails (1.71:1).

#A5D1A4

Nearest CSS name: mediumaquamarine #66cdaa (not an exact match)
Described as: a light muted green
Red, green, blue: 165, 209, 164
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.5628 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#a5d1a4`
RGB	`rgb(165, 209, 164)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(64.7% 82% 64.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(118.7, 32.8%, 73.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(118.7, 21.5%, 82%)`
HWB	`hwb(118.7 64.3% 18%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(21%, 0%, 22%, 18%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(79.8% -21.48 17.49)`
OKLCH	`oklch(81.74% 0.0776 144.27)`
Decimal	`10867108`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 1.71:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 12.26:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	1.71:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	12.26:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #A5D1A4 (12.26:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#add5ac 18%#b5d9b5 27%#bedebd 36%#c6e2c5 45%#cee6cd 55%#d6ead6 64%#deeede 73%#e6f2e6 82%#eff7ee 91%#f7fbf7

9%#96be95 18%#87ab86 27%#789877 36%#698568 45%#5a7259 55%#4b5f4b 64%#3c4c3c 73%#2d392d 82%#1e261e 91%#0f130f

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#a5d1a4 #d0a4d1

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#bcd1a4 #a5d1a4 #a4d1ba

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#a5d1a4 #a4a5d1 #d1a4a5

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#a5d1a4 #baa4d1 #d1a4bc

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#a5d1a4 #a4bcd1 #d0a4d1 #d1baa4

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#a5d1a4 Protanopia#d3c9a1 Deuteranopia#ccc4a6 Tritanopia#a1cec5 Achromatopsia#c6c6c6

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #a5d1a4;`
Background	`background-color: #a5d1a4;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #a5d1a4;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(165 209 164 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #a5d1a4;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #a5d1a4, #637d62);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #c9e3c8, #a5d1a4);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #a5d1a4; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.