#A6A49E#A6A49E

#A6A49E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A49E
RGB	rgb(166, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(45, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 5%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -0.39, 3.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 3.38, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0002 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1720, 37.1267, 37.6544)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A49E #9EA0A6

analogous

#A6A09E #A6A49E #A4A69E

triadic

#A6A49E #9EA6A4 #A49EA6

tetradic

#A6A49E #9EA6A0 #9EA0A6 #A69EA4

square

#A6A49E #9EA6A0 #9EA0A6 #A69EA4

split-complementary

#A6A49E #9EA4A6 #A09EA6

monochromatic

#696760 #89867E #A6A49E #C3C2BE #E1E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A6A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A6A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A49E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A49E	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bfba',
    500: '#a6a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a49e;
$custom-light: #c0bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 4.301,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.00886,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A49E

secondary

#CECFD1

accent

#658E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A49E

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

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