#A6AEA8#A6AEA8

#A6AEA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.012 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEA8
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(135, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -3.96, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 4.48, 152.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0111 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.012 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9285, 41.2060, 42.9936)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEA8 #AEA6AC

analogous

#A8AEA6 #A6AEA8 #A6AEAC

triadic

#A6AEA8 #A8A6AE #AEA8A6

tetradic

#A6AEA8 #A6A8AE #AEA6AC #AEACA6

square

#A6AEA8 #A6A8AE #AEA6AC #AEACA6

split-complementary

#A6AEA8 #ACA6AE #AEA6A8

monochromatic

#68726A #869189 #A6AEA8 #C6CBC7 #E6E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A6AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A6AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEA8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEA8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.012 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6c1',
    500: '#a6aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aea8;
$custom-light: #c0c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74267,
    "c": 0.01236,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEA8

secondary

#D9D7D9

accent

#57818F

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEA8

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

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