#A6AEBE#A6AEBE

#A6AEBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.025 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEBE
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(220, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 0.45, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 9.12, 272.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0024 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.025 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1541, 42.0963, 54.7151)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEBE #BEB6A6

analogous

#A6BABE #A6AEBE #AAA6BE

triadic

#A6AEBE #BEA6AE #AEBEA6

tetradic

#A6AEBE #BEA6BA #BEB6A6 #A6BEAA

square

#A6AEBE #BEA6BA #BEB6A6 #A6BEAA

split-complementary

#A6AEBE #BEAAA6 #BABEA6

monochromatic

#636F87 #838EA4 #A6AEBE #C9CED8 #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A6AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A6AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEBE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEBE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.025 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6d1',
    500: '#a6aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aebe;
$custom-light: #c0c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74957,
    "c": 0.02468,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEBE

secondary

#E3E1DD

accent

#804C9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEBE

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

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