#A3A8A2#A3A8A2

#A3A8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.010 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A8A2
RGB	rgb(163, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(110, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(110, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -2.91, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 3.82, 139.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0079 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.01 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6273, 38.4003, 39.7105)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A8A2 #A7A2A8

analogous

#A6A8A2 #A3A8A2 #A2A8A4

triadic

#A3A8A2 #A2A3A8 #A8A2A3

tetradic

#A3A8A2 #A2A6A8 #A7A2A8 #A8A4A2

square

#A3A8A2 #A2A6A8 #A7A2A8 #A8A4A2

split-complementary

#A3A8A2 #A4A2A8 #A8A2A6

monochromatic

#656B64 #848A82 #A3A8A2 #C2C6C2 #E2E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A3A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A3A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A8A2

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A8A2	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.010 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec1bd',
    500: '#a3a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a8a2;
$custom-light: #bec1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72577,
    "c": 0.01022,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A8A2

secondary

#D4D2D4

accent

#588D84

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A8A2

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

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