#A6A0AE#A6A0AE

#A6A0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.021 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A0AE
RGB	rgb(166, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(266, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(266, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 4.86, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 8.09, 306.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0122 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.021 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.9353, 36.3046, 45.1505)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A0AE #A8AEA0

analogous

#A0A1AE #A6A0AE #ADA0AE

triadic

#A6A0AE #AEA6A0 #A0AEA6

tetradic

#A6A0AE #AEA0A1 #A8AEA0 #A0AEAD

square

#A6A0AE #AEA0A1 #A8AEA0 #A0AEAD

split-complementary

#A6A0AE #AEADA0 #A1AEA0

monochromatic

#696172 #877F92 #A6A0AE #C5C1CA #E4E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A6A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A6A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A0AE

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A0AE	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.021 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bcc6',
    500: '#a6a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a0ae;
$custom-light: #c0bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.02112,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A0AE

secondary

#D5D7D3

accent

#925477

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A0AE

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

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