What color is #A6BEBA?

#A6BEBA is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #A6BEBA?

The RGB value is 166, 190, 186: 166 red, 190 green and 186 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #A6BEBA?

The complementary color is #BEA6AA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #A6BEBA?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.7:1 and white text 1.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#A6BEBA color

#A6BEBA rgb(166, 190, 186)

Shades of gray

The hex color #A6BEBA is a light, grayish spring green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 65.1% red, 74.5% green and 72.9% blue (166, 190, 186).

Its hue angle is 170°, with 16% saturation and 70% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 25% black.

The closest named color is Wild Life (#A5C1C0), a difference of 1.8 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 10.7:1).

#A6BEBA color codes

HEX	`#A6BEBA`
RGB	`rgb(166, 190, 186)`
RGB percent	`rgb(65.1%, 74.5%, 72.9%)`
HSL	`hsl(170, 16%, 70%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(170, 13%, 75%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 0%, 2%, 25%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(75.13, -8.95, -0.74)`
CIE LCH	`lch(75.13, 8.98, 184.75)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(43, 48.478, 53.537)`
Decimal	`10927802`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #A6BEBA, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #A6BEBA	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	10.7:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.96:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#A6BEBA as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.96:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	10.7:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #A6BEBA looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #a6beba; }
.text { color: #a6beba; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a6beba; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(166 190 186 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #a6beba, #a6b6be); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #A6BEBA?: #A6BEBA is a light, grayish spring green, closest to the named color Wild Life. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #A6BEBA?: The RGB value is 166, 190, 186: 166 red, 190 green and 186 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #A6BEBA?: The complementary color is #BEA6AA, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #A6BEBA?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 10.7:1 and white text 1.96:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.