#A6ACA6#A6ACA6

#A6ACA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACA6
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -3.26, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 4.01, 144.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0089 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3601, 40.3651, 41.8920)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACA6 #ACA6AC

analogous

#A9ACA6 #A6ACA6 #A6ACA9

triadic

#A6ACA6 #A6A6AC #ACA6A6

tetradic

#A6ACA6 #A6A9AC #ACA6AC #ACA9A6

square

#A6ACA6 #A6A9AC #ACA6AC #ACA9A6

split-complementary

#A6ACA6 #A9A6AC #ACA6A9

monochromatic

#687068 #868E86 #A6ACA6 #C6CAC6 #E5E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A6ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACA6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACA6	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4c0',
    500: '#a6aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aca6;
$custom-light: #c0c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73783,
    "c": 0.01085,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACA6

secondary

#D8D6D8

accent

#588D8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACA6

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

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