#A8A0A8#A8A0A8

#A8A0A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.015 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0A8
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(300, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 4.39, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 5.38, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0121 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.015 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7861, 36.2938, 42.1583)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0A8 #A0A8A0

analogous

#A4A0A8 #A8A0A8 #A8A0A4

triadic

#A8A0A8 #A8A8A0 #A0A8A8

tetradic

#A8A0A8 #A8A4A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A4A8

square

#A8A0A8 #A8A4A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A4A8

split-complementary

#A8A0A8 #A4A8A0 #A0A8A4

monochromatic

#6B626B #8B808B #A8A0A8 #C5C0C5 #E3E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0A8

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0A8	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.015 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc1',
    500: '#a8a0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0a8;
$custom-light: #c1bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.0146,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0A8

secondary

#D1D3D1

accent

#8E5757

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0A8

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

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