Information about #ADBB96 color

#ADBB96 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #ADBB96 is classified in the Register under the Chartreuse Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(173, 187, 150) — 67.8% red, 73.3% green, 58.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 5 / 0 / 15 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A gently muted chartreuse, #ADBB96 floats near the light end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Bergamot Sage - Kultlabel Color Registry (#AEB59B). Nearby in the Register you will also find Laurel Green (#A9BA9D) and Whitish Green (#A5BA93).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(173, 187, 150)), which gives #ADBB96 its character. If you plan to put text on a #ADBB96 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #ADBB96 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#ADBB96 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#ADBB96 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #ADBB96

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ADBB96
  • RGB173, 187, 150
  • CMYK5, 0, 15, 27
  • CSSrgb(173, 187, 150)
  • HSL83°, 21%, 66%
  • HSL Precise82.703°, 21.387%, 66.078%
  • HSV83°, 20%, 73%
  • HSB83°, 20%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.588
  • GLSLvec3(0.678, 0.733, 0.588)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.678, 0.733, 0.588, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.678, 0.733, 0.588)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58.8%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDADBB96
  • DECIMAL ID11385750
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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