#A8A0AE#A8A0AE

#A8A0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.022 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A0AE
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(274, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(274, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 5.56, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 8.33, 311.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0144 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.022 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.3580, 36.5226, 45.1703)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A0AE #A6AEA0

analogous

#A1A0AE #A8A0AE #AEA0AD

triadic

#A8A0AE #AEA8A0 #A0AEA8

tetradic

#A8A0AE #AEA1A0 #A6AEA0 #A0ADAE

square

#A8A0AE #AEA1A0 #A6AEA0 #A0ADAE

split-complementary

#A8A0AE #ADAEA0 #A0AEA1

monochromatic

#6B6172 #8A7F92 #A8A0AE #C6C1CA #E5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A0AE

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A0AE	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.022 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc6',
    500: '#a8a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a0ae;
$custom-light: #c1bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71689,
    "c": 0.02192,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A0AE

secondary

#D5D7D3

accent

#92546E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A0AE

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

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