#A8A2A3#A8A2A3

#A8A2A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.007 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2A3
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 163)
HSL	hsl(350, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(350, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 2.35, 0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 2.36, 6.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0071 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.007 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6787, 36.8100, 39.8687)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2A3 #A2A8A7

analogous

#A8A2A6 #A8A2A3 #A8A4A2

triadic

#A8A2A3 #A3A8A2 #A2A3A8

tetradic

#A8A2A3 #A6A8A2 #A2A8A7 #A4A2A8

square

#A8A2A3 #A6A8A2 #A2A8A7 #A4A2A8

split-complementary

#A8A2A3 #A2A8A4 #A2A6A8

monochromatic

#6B6465 #8A8284 #A8A2A3 #C6C2C2 #E3E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2A3

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2A3	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.007 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdbe',
    500: '#a8a2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2a3;
$custom-light: #c1bdbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71756,
    "c": 0.00708,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2A3

secondary

#D2D4D4

accent

#8D8458

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2A3

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

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