#A5AAA8#A5AAA8

#A5AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.006 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAA8
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(156, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(156, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -2.15, 0.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 2.19, 169.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0062 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.006 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9584, 39.5758, 42.7300)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAA8 #AAA5A7

analogous

#A5AAA5 #A5AAA8 #A5A9AA

triadic

#A5AAA8 #A8A5AA #AAA8A5

tetradic

#A5AAA8 #A5A5AA #AAA5A7 #A9AAA5

square

#A5AAA8 #A5A5AA #AAA5A7 #A9AAA5

split-complementary

#A5AAA8 #AAA5A9 #AAA5A5

monochromatic

#676D6B #868C8A #A5AAA8 #C4C8C6 #E4E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A5AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A5AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAA8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAA8	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.006 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c1',
    500: '#a5aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaa8;
$custom-light: #bfc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73339,
    "c": 0.00633,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAA8

secondary

#D6D5D5

accent

#596E8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAA8

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

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