#A6A8A2#A6A8A2

#A6A8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A8A2
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(80, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -1.84, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 3.39, 122.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0046 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2491, 38.7209, 39.7396)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A8A2 #A4A2A8

analogous

#A8A7A2 #A6A8A2 #A3A8A2

triadic

#A6A8A2 #A2A6A8 #A8A2A6

tetradic

#A6A8A2 #A2A8A7 #A4A2A8 #A8A2A3

square

#A6A8A2 #A2A8A7 #A4A2A8 #A8A2A3

split-complementary

#A6A8A2 #A2A3A8 #A7A2A8

monochromatic

#696B64 #888A82 #A6A8A2 #C4C6C2 #E3E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A6A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A6A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A8A2

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A8A2	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1bd',
    500: '#a6a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a8a2;
$custom-light: #c0c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72819,
    "c": 0.0088,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A8A2

secondary

#D3D2D4

accent

#588D6A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A8A2

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

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