#A8A2A6#A8A2A6

#A8A2A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.009 H 337.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2A6
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 166)
HSL	hsl(320, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(320, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 2.91, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 3.19, 335.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0082 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.009 337.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9507, 36.9188, 41.3011)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2A6 #A2A8A4

analogous

#A7A2A8 #A8A2A6 #A8A2A3

triadic

#A8A2A6 #A6A8A2 #A2A6A8

tetradic

#A8A2A6 #A8A7A2 #A2A8A4 #A2A3A8

square

#A8A2A6 #A8A7A2 #A2A8A4 #A2A3A8

split-complementary

#A8A2A6 #A3A8A2 #A2A8A7

monochromatic

#6B6469 #8A8288 #A8A2A6 #C6C2C4 #E3E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A8A2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2A6

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2A6	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.009 337.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc0',
    500: '#a8a2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2a6;
$custom-light: #c1bdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71847,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 337.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2A6

secondary

#D2D4D3

accent

#8D6A58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2A6

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

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