#A6AEA6#A6AEA6

#A6AEA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.014 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEA6
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -4.33, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 5.34, 144.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0119 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.014 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7436, 41.1321, 42.0198)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEA6 #AEA6AE

analogous

#AAAEA6 #A6AEA6 #A6AEAA

triadic

#A6AEA6 #A6A6AE #AEA6A6

tetradic

#A6AEA6 #A6AAAE #AEA6AE #AEAAA6

square

#A6AEA6 #A6AAAE #AEA6AE #AEAAA6

split-complementary

#A6AEA6 #AAA6AE #AEA6AA

monochromatic

#687268 #869186 #A6AEA6 #C6CBC6 #E6E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A6AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A6AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEA6

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEA6	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.014 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6c0',
    500: '#a6aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aea6;
$custom-light: #c0c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74209,
    "c": 0.01444,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEA6

secondary

#D9D7D9

accent

#578F8F

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEA6

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

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