#A8A09B#A8A09B

#A8A09B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.012 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A09B
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 155)
HSL	hsl(23, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 1.99, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 4.15, 61.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% 0.0069 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.012 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6350, 35.8334, 36.0959)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A09B #9BA3A8

analogous

#A89B9C #A8A09B #A8A69B

triadic

#A8A09B #9BA8A0 #A09BA8

tetradic

#A8A09B #9CA89B #9BA3A8 #A69BA8

square

#A8A09B #9CA89B #9BA3A8 #A69BA8

split-complementary

#A8A09B #9BA8A6 #9B9CA8

monochromatic

#6B635D #8C817A #A8A09B #C4BFBC #E1DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A09B

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A09B	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.012 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb8',
    500: '#a8a09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a09b;
$custom-light: #c1bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71104,
    "c": 0.01181,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A09B

secondary

#CDD0D2

accent

#7A9155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A09B

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

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