#A6AAA8#A6AAA8

#A6AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.005 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AAA8
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(150, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -1.80, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 1.87, 163.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0052 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.005 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1672, 39.6835, 42.7398)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AAA8 #AAA6A8

analogous

#A6AAA6 #A6AAA8 #A6AAAA

triadic

#A6AAA8 #A8A6AA #AAA8A6

tetradic

#A6AAA8 #A6A6AA #AAA6A8 #AAAAA6

square

#A6AAA8 #A6A6AA #AAA6A8 #AAAAA6

split-complementary

#A6AAA8 #AAA6AA #AAA6A6

monochromatic

#686D6B #878C89 #A6AAA8 #C5C8C7 #E5E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A6AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A6AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AAA8

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AAA8	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.005 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3c1',
    500: '#a6aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aaa8;
$custom-light: #c0c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73418,
    "c": 0.00534,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AAA8

secondary

#D7D5D6

accent

#59738C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AAA8

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

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