#A6B8BE#A6B8BE

#A6B8BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.022 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6B8BE
RGB	rgb(166, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(195, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -4.95, -5.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 7.14, 226.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0167 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.022 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1584, 46.1049, 55.3832)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6B8BE #BEACA6

analogous

#A6BEB8 #A6B8BE #A6ACBE

triadic

#A6B8BE #BEA6B8 #B8BEA6

tetradic

#A6B8BE #B8A6BE #BEACA6 #ACBEA6

square

#A6B8BE #B8A6BE #BEACA6 #ACBEA6

split-complementary

#A6B8BE #BEA6AC #BEB8A6

monochromatic

#637E87 #839CA4 #A6B8BE #C9D4D8 #EDF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A6B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#A6B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6B8BE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6B8BE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.022 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0cdd1',
    500: '#a6b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6b8be;
$custom-light: #c0cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77063,
    "c": 0.02169,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6B8BE

secondary

#E3DEDD

accent

#5F4C9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6B8BE

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

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