#A3AAA8#A3AAA8

#A3AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.008 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AAA8
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(163, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -2.86, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 2.86, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0084 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.008 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5455, 39.3629, 42.7107)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AAA8 #AAA3A5

analogous

#A3AAA4 #A3AAA8 #A3A8AA

triadic

#A3AAA8 #A8A3AA #AAA8A3

tetradic

#A3AAA8 #A4A3AA #AAA3A5 #A8AAA3

square

#A3AAA8 #A4A3AA #AAA3A5 #A8AAA3

split-complementary

#A3AAA8 #AAA3A8 #AAA4A3

monochromatic

#656D6B #838D8A #A3AAA8 #C3C7C6 #E3E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A3AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#A3AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AAA8

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AAA8	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.008 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec3c1',
    500: '#a3aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aaa8;
$custom-light: #bec3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.00842,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AAA8

secondary

#D6D3D4

accent

#58678E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AAA8

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

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