#A89E9E#A89E9E

#A89E9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.012 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89E9E
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 3.63, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 3.86, 19.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0112 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.012 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5461, 35.2475, 37.3247)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89E9E #9EA8A8

analogous

#A89EA3 #A89E9E #A8A39E

triadic

#A89E9E #9EA89E #9E9EA8

tetradic

#A89E9E #A3A89E #9EA8A8 #A39EA8

square

#A89E9E #A3A89E #9EA8A8 #A39EA8

split-complementary

#A89E9E #9EA8A3 #9EA3A8

monochromatic

#6B6060 #8B7E7E #A89E9E #C5BEBE #E2DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A89E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A89E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89E9E

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89E9E	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9D9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.012 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1baba',
    500: '#a89e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89e9e;
$custom-light: #c1baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70776,
    "c": 0.0117,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89E9E

secondary

#CFD3D3

accent

#8F8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121111

muted

#818080

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89E9E

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

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