#A6B6BC#A6B6BC

#A6B6BC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.020 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B6BC
RGB	rgb(166, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(196, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -4.29, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 6.54, 228.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0146 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.02 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.5288, 45.1930, 54.1024)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B6BC #BCACA6

analogous

#A6BCB7 #A6B6BC #A6ABBC

triadic

#A6B6BC #BCA6B6 #B6BCA6

tetradic

#A6B6BC #B7A6BC #BCACA6 #ABBCA6

square

#A6B6BC #B7A6BC #BCACA6 #ABBCA6

split-complementary

#A6B6BC #BCA6AB #BCB7A6

monochromatic

#637B84 #8399A2 #A6B6BC #C9D3D6 #ECEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A6B6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#A6B6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B6BC

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B6BC	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.020 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0cbd0',
    500: '#a6b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b6bc;
$custom-light: #c0cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 14.103,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76575,
    "c": 0.01975,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B6BC

secondary

#E2DDDC

accent

#624D98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B6BC

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

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