#A6ACAE#A6ACAE

#A6ACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACAE
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -1.72, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 2.46, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0057 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1169, 40.6678, 45.8777)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACAE #AEA8A6

analogous

#A6AEAC #A6ACAE #A6A8AE

triadic

#A6ACAE #AEA6AC #ACAEA6

tetradic

#A6ACAE #ACA6AE #AEA8A6 #A8AEA6

square

#A6ACAE #ACA6AE #AEA8A6 #A8AEA6

split-complementary

#A6ACAE #AEA6A8 #AEACA6

monochromatic

#686F72 #868E91 #A6ACAE #C6CACB #E6E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A6ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A6ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACAE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACAE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c4c6',
    500: '#a6acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6acae;
$custom-light: #c0c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.00741,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACAE

secondary

#D9D7D7

accent

#65578F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACAE

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

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