#A6AEA0#A6AEA0

#A6AEA0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.022 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEA0
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(94, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(94, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -5.44, 6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 8.26, 131.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0144 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.022 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2060, 40.9170, 39.1886)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEA0 #A8A0AE

analogous

#ADAEA0 #A6AEA0 #A0AEA1

triadic

#A6AEA0 #A0A6AE #AEA0A6

tetradic

#A6AEA0 #A0ADAE #A8A0AE #AEA1A0

square

#A6AEA0 #A0ADAE #A8A0AE #AEA1A0

split-complementary

#A6AEA0 #A1A0AE #AEA0AD

monochromatic

#697261 #87927F #A6AEA0 #C5CAC1 #E4E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A6AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A6AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEA0

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEA0	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.022 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6bc',
    500: '#a6aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aea0;
$custom-light: #c0c6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.02168,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEA0

secondary

#D5D3D7

accent

#549277

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEA0

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

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