#A6AAAA#A6AAAA

#A6AAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.005 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AAAA
RGB	rgb(166, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -1.41, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 1.50, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0043 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.005 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3550, 39.7586, 43.7286)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AAAA #AAA6A6

analogous

#A6AAA8 #A6AAAA #A6A8AA

triadic

#A6AAAA #AAA6AA #AAAAA6

tetradic

#A6AAAA #A8A6AA #AAA6A6 #A8AAA6

square

#A6AAAA #A8A6AA #AAA6A6 #A8AAA6

split-complementary

#A6AAAA #AAA6A8 #AAA8A6

monochromatic

#686D6D #878C8C #A6AAAA #C5C8C8 #E5E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A6AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A6AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AAAA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AAAA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.005 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c3c3',
    500: '#a6aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aaaa;
$custom-light: #c0c3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.00455,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AAAA

secondary

#D7D5D5

accent

#59598C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AAAA

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

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