#A6AEAE#A6AEAE

#A6AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEAE
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -2.80, -0.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 2.97, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0086 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(38.5004, 41.4348, 46.0056)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEAE #AEA6A6

analogous

#A6AEAA #A6AEAE #A6AAAE

triadic

#A6AEAE #AEA6AE #AEAEA6

tetradic

#A6AEAE #AAA6AE #AEA6A6 #AAAEA6

square

#A6AEAE #AAA6AE #AEA6A6 #AAAEA6

split-complementary

#A6AEAE #AEA6AA #AEAAA6

monochromatic

#687272 #869191 #A6AEAE #C6CBCB #E6E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A6AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A6AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEAE

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEAE	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6c6',
    500: '#a6aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aeae;
$custom-light: #c0c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74445,
    "c": 0.00903,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.41435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEAE

secondary

#D9D7D7

accent

#57578F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEAE

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

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