#A6ACA0#A6ACA0

#A6ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.018 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACA0
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(90, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(90, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -4.37, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 6.97, 128.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0114 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.018 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8225, 40.1500, 39.0607)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACA0 #A6A0AC

analogous

#ACACA0 #A6ACA0 #A0ACA0

triadic

#A6ACA0 #A0A6AC #ACA0A6

tetradic

#A6ACA0 #A0ACAC #A6A0AC #ACA0A0

square

#A6ACA0 #A0ACAC #A6A0AC #ACA0A0

split-complementary

#A6ACA0 #A0A0AC #ACA0AC

monochromatic

#697062 #878F7F #A6ACA0 #C5C9C1 #E3E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A6ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A6ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACA0

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACA0	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.018 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4bc',
    500: '#a6aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aca0;
$custom-light: #c0c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73613,
    "c": 0.01823,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACA0

secondary

#D4D2D6

accent

#559173

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACA0

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

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