#A8A0A0#A8A0A0

#A8A0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.009 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0A0
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(0, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 2.89, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 3.07, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0089 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.009 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0636, 36.0048, 38.3533)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0A0 #A0A8A8

analogous

#A8A0A4 #A8A0A0 #A8A4A0

triadic

#A8A0A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A0A8

tetradic

#A8A0A0 #A4A8A0 #A0A8A8 #A4A0A8

square

#A8A0A0 #A4A8A0 #A0A8A8 #A4A0A8

split-complementary

#A8A0A0 #A0A8A4 #A0A4A8

monochromatic

#6B6262 #8B8080 #A8A0A0 #C5C0C0 #E3E0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0A0

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0A0	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.009 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcbc',
    500: '#a8a0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0a0;
$custom-light: #c1bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71251,
    "c": 0.00932,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0A0

secondary

#D1D3D3

accent

#8E8E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0A0

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

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