#A6A8A4#A6A8A4

#A6A8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.006 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6A8A4
RGB	rgb(166, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(90, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(90, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -1.47, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 2.33, 128.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0038 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.006 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4283, 38.7926, 40.6834)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6A8A4 #A6A4A8

analogous

#A8A8A4 #A6A8A4 #A4A8A4

triadic

#A6A8A4 #A4A6A8 #A8A4A6

tetradic

#A6A8A4 #A4A8A8 #A6A4A8 #A8A4A4

square

#A6A8A4 #A4A8A8 #A6A4A8 #A8A4A4

split-complementary

#A6A8A4 #A4A4A8 #A8A4A8

monochromatic

#696B66 #878A85 #A6A8A4 #C5C6C3 #E3E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A6A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A6A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6A8A4

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6A8A4	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.006 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c1bf',
    500: '#a6a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6a8a4;
$custom-light: #c0c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.247,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.0061,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6A8A4

secondary

#D4D3D5

accent

#598C73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6A8A4

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

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