#A6AA9E#A6AA9E

#A6AA9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.018 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AA9E
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(80, 7%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(80, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -3.65, 5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 6.76, 122.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0093 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.018 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2712, 39.3251, 38.0208)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AA9E #A29EAA

analogous

#AAA89E #A6AA9E #A0AA9E

triadic

#A6AA9E #9EA6AA #AA9EA6

tetradic

#A6AA9E #9EAAA8 #A29EAA #AA9EA0

square

#A6AA9E #9EAAA8 #A29EAA #AA9EA0

split-complementary

#A6AA9E #9EA0AA #A89EAA

monochromatic

#696E60 #888D7D #A6AA9E #C4C7BF #E2E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A6AA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A6AA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AA9E

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AA9E	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.018 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3ba',
    500: '#a6aa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aa9e;
$custom-light: #c0c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 6.593,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.01753,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AA9E

secondary

#D1D0D4

accent

#559169

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AA9E

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

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