#A8A09E#A8A09E

#A8A09E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A09E
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(12, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(12, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 2.53, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 3.27, 39.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% 0.0081 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8900, 35.9354, 37.4393)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A09E #9EA6A8

analogous

#A89EA1 #A8A09E #A8A59E

triadic

#A8A09E #9EA8A0 #A09EA8

tetradic

#A8A09E #A1A89E #9EA6A8 #A59EA8

square

#A8A09E #A1A89E #9EA6A8 #A59EA8

split-complementary

#A8A09E #9EA8A5 #9EA1A8

monochromatic

#6B6260 #8B807E #A8A09E #C5C0BE #E2DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A09E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A09E	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcba',
    500: '#a8a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a09e;
$custom-light: #c1bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71192,
    "c": 0.00979,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A09E

secondary

#CFD2D3

accent

#848F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A09E

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

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