#A6AEAC#A6AEAC

#A6AEAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEAC
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -3.19, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 3.19, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0094 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3069, 41.3574, 44.9864)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEAC #AEA6A8

analogous

#A6AEA8 #A6AEAC #A6ACAE

triadic

#A6AEAC #ACA6AE #AEACA6

tetradic

#A6AEAC #A8A6AE #AEA6A8 #ACAEA6

square

#A6AEAC #A8A6AE #AEA6A8 #ACAEA6

split-complementary

#A6AEAC #AEA6AC #AEA8A6

monochromatic

#68726F #86918E #A6AEAC #C6CBCA #E6E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A6AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A6AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEAC

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEAC	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6c4',
    500: '#a6aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aeac;
$custom-light: #c0c6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74385,
    "c": 0.00944,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEAC

secondary

#D9D7D7

accent

#57658F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEAC

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

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