#A8A0A6#A8A0A6

#A8A0A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.013 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0A6
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 166)
HSL	hsl(315, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(315, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 4.01, -2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 4.52, 332.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0113 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.013 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6012, 36.2198, 41.1846)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0A6 #A0A8A2

analogous

#A6A0A8 #A8A0A6 #A8A0A2

triadic

#A8A0A6 #A6A8A0 #A0A6A8

tetradic

#A8A0A6 #A8A6A0 #A0A8A2 #A0A2A8

square

#A8A0A6 #A8A6A0 #A0A8A2 #A0A2A8

split-complementary

#A8A0A6 #A2A8A0 #A0A8A6

monochromatic

#6B6269 #8B8088 #A8A0A6 #C5C0C4 #E3E0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0A6

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0A6	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.013 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc0',
    500: '#a8a0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0a6;
$custom-light: #c1bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71433,
    "c": 0.01254,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0A6

secondary

#D1D3D1

accent

#8E6557

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0A6

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

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