#A5BB8F

Closest named color: Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F). oklch(76.4% 0.065 129.5), rgb(165, 187, 143).

Black text reads best on this color (10.10:1).

About this color

#A5BB8F is a medium-light, muted green. In OKLCH its lightness is 76%, its chroma 0.065 and its hue 129°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F), ΔE 0.027 away. Black text reads best on it, at 10.10:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-light (76%)
Chroma	muted (0.065)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F)
Black text	10.10:1
White text	2.07:1

Values

HEX	#A5BB8F
RGB	rgb(165, 187, 143)
HSL	hsl(90, 24%, 65%)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.065 129.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #A5BB8F	2.07:1	Fails	Lc -45.2	Large or bold text, headings
Black text on #A5BB8F	10.10:1	AAA	Lc 63.3	Content text, not long reading
#A5BB8F text on white	2.07:1	Fails	Lc 40.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#A5BB8F text on black	10.10:1	AAA	Lc -61.7	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F3F7F1

oklch(97.1% 0.009 134.9)
Step 100
100

#E6EDDF

oklch(93.7% 0.02 128.7)
Step 200
200

#D1DEC5

oklch(88.4% 0.036 129.7)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#A5BB8F

oklch(76.4% 0.065 129.5)
Step 400
400

#8CAE66

oklch(70.8% 0.105 129.4)
Step 500
500

#6F9939

oklch(63.2% 0.134 129.6)
Step 600
600

#578309

oklch(55.7% 0.146 129.6)
Step 700
700

#486E00

oklch(49.1% 0.131 129.4)
Step 800
800

#3B5A03

oklch(42.7% 0.112 129.2)
Step 900
900

#324A11

oklch(37.6% 0.087 129.6)
Step 950
950

#1E2C0C

oklch(27.2% 0.056 129.4)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#A5BB8F with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C0B58C	0.038
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#BCB391	0.038
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#A7B7AF	0.050
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B4B4B4	0.066