#A6AEC6#A6AEC6

#A6AEC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.036 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6AEC6
RGB	rgb(166, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(225, 22%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 2.16, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 13.32, 279.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0006 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.036 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0526, 42.4557, 59.4470)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6AEC6 #C6BEA6

analogous

#A6BEC6 #A6AEC6 #AEA6C6

triadic

#A6AEC6 #C6A6AE #AEC6A6

tetradic

#A6AEC6 #C6A6BE #C6BEA6 #A6C6AE

square

#A6AEC6 #C6A6BE #C6BEA6 #A6C6AE

split-complementary

#A6AEC6 #C6AEA6 #BEC6A6

monochromatic

#5E6C93 #818CAE #A6AEC6 #CBD0DE #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A6AEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A6AEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6AEC6

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6AEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6AEC6	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ADC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6aec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.036 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0c6d7',
    500: '#a6aec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6aec6;
$custom-light: #c0c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6aec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 21.918,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75232,
    "c": 0.03561,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6AEC6

secondary

#E8E6E0

accent

#8A45A0

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6AEC6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →