#A6ACAC#A6ACAC

#A6ACAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACAC
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -2.11, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 2.24, 199.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0065 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(37.9234, 40.5904, 44.8585)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACAC #ACA6A6

analogous

#A6ACA9 #A6ACAC #A6A9AC

triadic

#A6ACAC #ACA6AC #ACACA6

tetradic

#A6ACAC #A9A6AC #ACA6A6 #A9ACA6

square

#A6ACAC #A9A6AC #ACA6A6 #A9ACA6

split-complementary

#A6ACAC #ACA6A9 #ACA9A6

monochromatic

#687070 #868E8E #A6ACAC #C6CACA #E5E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A6ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A6ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACAC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACAC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4c4',
    500: '#a6acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6acac;
$custom-light: #c0c4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73961,
    "c": 0.00681,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.40591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACAC

secondary

#D8D6D6

accent

#58588D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACAC

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

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