#A6AAA5#A6AAA5

#A6AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.008 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AAA5
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(108, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(108, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, -2.36, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 3.15, 138.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0064 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.008 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8910, 39.5730, 41.2848)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AAA5 #A9A5AA

analogous

#A8AAA5 #A6AAA5 #A5AAA6

triadic

#A6AAA5 #A5A6AA #AAA5A6

tetradic

#A6AAA5 #A5A8AA #A9A5AA #AAA6A5

square

#A6AAA5 #A5A8AA #A9A5AA #AAA6A5

split-complementary

#A6AAA5 #A6A5AA #AAA5A8

monochromatic

#686D67 #878C86 #A6AAA5 #C5C8C4 #E4E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A6AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A6AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AAA5

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AAA5	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.008 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3bf',
    500: '#a6aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aaa5;
$custom-light: #c0c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AAA5

secondary

#D6D5D6

accent

#598D82

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AAA5

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

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