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Colour

#A8A6AF

  • #A8A6AF
  • Grey
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark grey

#A8A6AF is a grey with RGB values 168, 166, 175 and HSL 253°, 5%, 67%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.

Colour values

#A8A6AF#A8A6AF
HEX#A8A6AF
RGBrgb(168, 166, 175)
RGB (0–1)0.6588, 0.651, 0.6863
RGB percentages65.9%, 65.1%, 68.6%
HSLhsl(253.3, 5.3%, 66.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253.3, 5.1%, 68.6%)
CMYK4%, 5.1%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,052,719
CSS custom property--colour: #A8A6AF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38692WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#575950

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A7AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5A7AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.6 from the original
Tritanopia#A7A7A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark grey · ΔE 5.1Silver · ΔE 10.5Light slate grey · ΔE 15Light steelblue · ΔE 15.2Gray · ΔE 15.8Thistle · ΔE 16.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark grey (#A9A9A9)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ADAFA6
Analogous#A6A9AF, #ADA6AF
Triadic#AFA8A6, #A6AFA8
Split complementary#AFADA6, #A9AFA6
Tetradic#AFA6A9, #ADAFA6, #A6AFAD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#F7F7F7
Lighter +20%#DDDCDF
Lighter +10%#C2C1C7
Darker −10%#8E8B97
Darker −20%#74717E
Darker −30%#5B5963
Darker −40%#424148
More saturated +25%#9C91C4
Less saturated −25%#ABABAB

Channel breakdown

R168
G166
B175
Red168 (65.9%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue175 (68.6%)
Hue253.33°
Saturation (HSL)5.33%
Lightness66.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR A8 · G A6 · B AF

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