#A8A0AA#A8A0AA

#A8A0AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.017 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0AA
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(288, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(288, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 4.78, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 6.32, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0129 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.017 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9738, 36.3689, 43.1472)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0AA #A2AAA0

analogous

#A3A0AA #A8A0AA #AAA0A7

triadic

#A8A0AA #AAA8A0 #A0AAA8

tetradic

#A8A0AA #AAA3A0 #A2AAA0 #A0A7AA

square

#A8A0AA #AAA3A0 #A2AAA0 #A0A7AA

split-complementary

#A8A0AA #A7AAA0 #A0AAA3

monochromatic

#6B626E #8A808D #A8A0AA #C6C0C7 #E3E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A8A0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0AA

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0AA	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.017 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc3',
    500: '#a8a0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0aa;
$custom-light: #c1bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.01691,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0AA

secondary

#D2D5D1

accent

#8F5662

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0AA

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

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