#A6AEC0#A6AEC0

#A6AEC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.027 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEC0
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(222, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(222, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 0.87, -10.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 10.16, 274.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0016 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.027 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3742, 42.1843, 55.8742)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEC0 #C0B8A6

analogous

#A6BBC0 #A6AEC0 #ABA6C0

triadic

#A6AEC0 #C0A6AE #AEC0A6

tetradic

#A6AEC0 #C0A6BB #C0B8A6 #A6C0AB

square

#A6AEC0 #C0A6BB #C0B8A6 #A6C0AB

split-complementary

#A6AEC0 #C0ABA6 #BBC0A6

monochromatic

#626E8A #828DA7 #A6AEC0 #CACFD9 #EDEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A6AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#A6AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEC0

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEC0	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.027 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6d3',
    500: '#a6aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aec0;
$custom-light: #c0c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 17.105,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.02737,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEC0

secondary

#E5E2DD

accent

#824A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEC0

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

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