#A8A29E#A8A29E

#A8A29E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A29E
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 158)
HSL	hsl(24, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 1.43, 2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 3.19, 63.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.005 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2395, 36.6344, 37.5558)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A29E #9EA4A8

analogous

#A89E9F #A8A29E #A8A79E

triadic

#A8A29E #9EA8A2 #A29EA8

tetradic

#A8A29E #9FA89E #9EA4A8 #A79EA8

square

#A8A29E #9FA89E #9EA4A8 #A79EA8

split-complementary

#A8A29E #9EA8A7 #9E9FA8

monochromatic

#6B6560 #8B837E #A8A29E #C5C1BE #E2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A29E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A8A29E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A29E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A29E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A29E	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a29e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdba',
    500: '#a8a29e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a29e;
$custom-light: #c1bdba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a29e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.00906,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A29E

secondary

#CFD1D3

accent

#788F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A29E

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

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