#A6A09E#A6A09E

#A6A09E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.008 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A09E
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(15, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(15, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 4.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 1.80, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 2.55, 45.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% 0.0059 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.008 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4674, 35.7175, 37.4195)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A09E #9EA4A6

analogous

#A69EA0 #A6A09E #A6A49E

triadic

#A6A09E #9EA6A0 #A09EA6

tetradic

#A6A09E #A0A69E #9EA4A6 #A49EA6

square

#A6A09E #A0A69E #9EA4A6 #A49EA6

split-complementary

#A6A09E #9EA6A4 #9EA0A6

monochromatic

#696360 #89817E #A6A09E #C3BFBE #E1DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A6A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A6A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A09E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A09E	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.008 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bcba',
    500: '#a6a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a09e;
$custom-light: #c0bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7102,
    "c": 0.00758,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A09E

secondary

#CED1D1

accent

#808E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A09E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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