#A8A09F#A8A09F

#A8A09F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.009 H 26.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A09F
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(7, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(7, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 2.71, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 3.13, 29.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0085 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.009 26)
XYZ	xyz(34.9765, 35.9700, 37.8945)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A09F #9FA7A8

analogous

#A89FA3 #A8A09F #A8A59F

triadic

#A8A09F #9FA8A0 #A09FA8

tetradic

#A8A09F #A3A89F #9FA7A8 #A59FA8

square

#A8A09F #A3A89F #9FA7A8 #A59FA8

split-complementary

#A8A09F #9FA8A5 #9FA3A8

monochromatic

#6B6261 #8B807F #A8A09F #C5C0BF #E2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A09F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A09F	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#A1A19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.009 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcbb',
    500: '#a8a09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a09f;
$custom-light: #c1bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71221,
    "c": 0.00945,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.3597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A09F

secondary

#D0D3D3

accent

#898F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A09F

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

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