#A6ACAA#A6ACAA

#A6ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACAA
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(160, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -2.50, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 2.51, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0073 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7328, 40.5141, 43.8545)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACAA #ACA6A8

analogous

#A6ACA7 #A6ACAA #A6ABAC

triadic

#A6ACAA #AAA6AC #ACAAA6

tetradic

#A6ACAA #A7A6AC #ACA6A8 #ABACA6

square

#A6ACAA #A7A6AC #ACA6A8 #ABACA6

split-complementary

#A6ACAA #ACA6AB #ACA7A6

monochromatic

#68706D #868E8C #A6ACAA #C6CAC8 #E5E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A6ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A6ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACAA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACAA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4c3',
    500: '#a6acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6acaa;
$custom-light: #c0c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.00735,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACAA

secondary

#D8D6D7

accent

#586A8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACAA

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

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