#A8A09C#A8A09C

#A8A09C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.011 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A09C
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(20, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 2.17, 3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 3.80, 55.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0073 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.011 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7193, 35.8671, 36.5401)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A09C #9CA4A8

analogous

#A89C9E #A8A09C #A8A69C

triadic

#A8A09C #9CA8A0 #A09CA8

tetradic

#A8A09C #9EA89C #9CA4A8 #A69CA8

square

#A8A09C #9EA89C #9CA4A8 #A69CA8

split-complementary

#A8A09C #9CA8A6 #9C9EA8

monochromatic

#6B635E #8B817B #A8A09C #C5BFBD #E1DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A09C

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A09C	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)

#A2A19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.011 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb9',
    500: '#a8a09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a09c;
$custom-light: #c1bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71133,
    "c": 0.011,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A09C

secondary

#CED1D2

accent

#7D9055

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A09C

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

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