#A8A1AA#A8A1AA

#A8A1AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A1AA
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 170)
HSL	hsl(287, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 5.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, 4.22, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 5.65, 318.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0113 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1479, 36.7170, 43.2052)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A1AA #A3AAA1

analogous

#A4A1AA #A8A1AA #AAA1A8

triadic

#A8A1AA #AAA8A1 #A1AAA8

tetradic

#A8A1AA #AAA4A1 #A3AAA1 #A1A8AA

square

#A8A1AA #AAA4A1 #A3AAA1 #A1A8AA

split-complementary

#A8A1AA #A8AAA1 #A1AAA4

monochromatic

#6B636E #8A818D #A8A1AA #C6C1C7 #E3E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A1AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A1AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A1AA

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A1AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A1AA	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a1aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bcc3',
    500: '#a8a1aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a1aa;
$custom-light: #c1bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a1aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 5.028,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71766,
    "c": 0.01509,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A1AA

secondary

#D3D5D2

accent

#8F5763

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A1AA

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

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