#A8A09D#A8A09D

#A8A09D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.010 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A09D
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(16, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 2.35, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 3.50, 47.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% 0.0077 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.01 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8043, 35.9011, 36.9878)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A09D #9DA5A8

analogous

#A89D9F #A8A09D #A8A59D

triadic

#A8A09D #9DA8A0 #A09DA8

tetradic

#A8A09D #9FA89D #9DA5A8 #A59DA8

square

#A8A09D #9FA89D #9DA5A8 #A59DA8

split-complementary

#A8A09D #9DA8A5 #9D9FA8

monochromatic

#6B635F #8B817D #A8A09D #C5BFBD #E2DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A09D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A09D	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.010 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcb9',
    500: '#a8a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a09d;
$custom-light: #c1bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.01031,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A09D

secondary

#CED1D2

accent

#809056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A09D

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

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