HEX atlas value

#A8B88F

#A8B88F is a cool green HEX color nearest Willow Green. RGB 168, 184, 143, HSL 83° 22% 64%, luminance 0.4459; view contrast and conversions.

green cool muted earth-tone

#A8B88F Sample readable text

HEX #A8B88F

RGB rgb(168, 184, 143)

HSL hsl(83 22% 64%)

CMYK cmyk(9, 0, 22, 28)

Luminance 0.4459

Contrast Black 9.92:1White 2.12:1

CSS

--color-a8b88f: #A8B88F;
.background-a8b88f { background-color: #A8B88F; }
.text-a8b88f { color: #A8B88F; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A8B88F

#A8B88F is classified as a cool green value with muted and earth tone visual character. #A8B88F is visually closest to Willow Green, a named green color with HEX #A8B88F.

The RGB channels are 168, 184, and 143, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 83deg with 22% saturation and 64% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.4459, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text9.92:1AA Pass

White text2.12:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A8B88F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000009.92:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.12:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D3DBC7#D3DBC7 · #000000 text · best 14.73:1 #ADCC7B#ADCC7B · #000000 text · best 11.7:1 Laurel Green#A9BA9D · #000000 text · best 10.2:1 #B7B38F#B7B38F · #000000 text · best 9.86:1 #94B78F#94B78F · #000000 text · best 9.43:1

Generated Palette

Willow Green#A8B88F

#9E8FB7#9E8FB7

#B7B38F#B7B38F

#94B78F#94B78F

#D3DBC7#D3DBC7

#7B8F5B#7B8F5B

Color Harmonies

#9E8FB7#9E8FB7

#B7B38F#B7B38F

#94B78F#94B78F

#8FA8B7#8FA8B7

#B78FA8#B78FA8

Variants

#D3DBC7#D3DBC7

#7B8F5B#7B8F5B

#ADCC7B#ADCC7B

#A3A3A3#A3A3A3

#E3E5E1#E3E5E1

#C8FF70#C8FF70

Nearest Named Colors

Willow Green#A8B88F

Laurel Green#A9BA9D

Sage Green#9CAF88

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Greige#B0A999

Luminance0.4459

Black text9.92:1AA Pass

White text2.12:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#A8B88F","rgb":[168,184,143],"hsl":[83,22,64],"cmyk":[9,0,22,28],"luminance":0.4459,"contrast":{"black":9.92,"white":2.12}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":9.92,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.12,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D3DBC7","hex":"#D3DBC7","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":14.73,"contrastWhite":1.43,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#ADCC7B","hex":"#ADCC7B","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.7,"contrastWhite":1.79,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.2,"contrastWhite":2.06,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#B7B38F","hex":"#B7B38F","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.86,"contrastWhite":2.13,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#94B78F","hex":"#94B78F","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.43,"contrastWhite":2.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","muted","earth tone","muted green","earth tone green","Willow Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a8b88f.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/laurel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#9E8FB7","analogous":["#B7B38F","#94B78F"],"triadic":["#8FA8B7","#B78FA8"],"tetradic":["#8FB7B3","#9E8FB7","#B78F94"],"splitComplementary":["#8F94B7","#B38FB7"],"monochromatic":["#D3DBC7","#A8B88F","#7B8F5B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D3DBC7","dark":"#7B8F5B","saturated":"#ADCC7B","desaturated":"#A3A3A3","pastel":"#E3E5E1","neon":"#C8FF70"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":0},{"slug":"laurel-green","name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","distance":14.177446878757825},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":16.55294535724685},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":17.11724276862369},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":19.72308292331602}]

#A8B88F

CSS

About #A8B88F

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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