#A8A2A2#A8A2A2

#A8A2A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.007 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2A2
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 2.16, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 2.29, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% 0.0067 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.007 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5895, 36.7744, 39.3987)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2A2 #A2A8A8

analogous

#A8A2A5 #A8A2A2 #A8A5A2

triadic

#A8A2A2 #A2A8A2 #A2A2A8

tetradic

#A8A2A2 #A5A8A2 #A2A8A8 #A5A2A8

square

#A8A2A2 #A5A8A2 #A2A8A8 #A5A2A8

split-complementary

#A8A2A2 #A2A8A5 #A2A5A8

monochromatic

#6B6464 #8A8282 #A8A2A2 #C6C2C2 #E3E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A8A2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2A2

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2A2	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.007 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdbd',
    500: '#a8a2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2a2;
$custom-light: #c1bdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.00696,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2A2

secondary

#D2D4D4

accent

#8D8D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2A2

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

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