#A6A8A0#A6A8A0

#A6A8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.012 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A8A0
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(75, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(75, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -2.21, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 4.46, 119.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0054 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.012 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0727, 38.6503, 38.8108)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A8A0 #A2A0A8

analogous

#A8A6A0 #A6A8A0 #A2A8A0

triadic

#A6A8A0 #A0A6A8 #A8A0A6

tetradic

#A6A8A0 #A0A8A6 #A2A0A8 #A8A0A2

square

#A6A8A0 #A0A8A6 #A2A0A8 #A8A0A2

split-complementary

#A6A8A0 #A0A2A8 #A6A0A8

monochromatic

#696B62 #888B80 #A6A8A0 #C4C5C0 #E2E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A6A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A6A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A8A0

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A8A0	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.012 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1bc',
    500: '#a6a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a8a0;
$custom-light: #c0c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.01155,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A8A0

secondary

#D1D1D3

accent

#578E65

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A8A0

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

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