#A8A2A8#A8A2A8

#A8A2A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2A8
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 168)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 3.29, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 4.03, 324.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.009 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1356, 36.9928, 42.2748)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2A8 #A2A8A2

analogous

#A5A2A8 #A8A2A8 #A8A2A5

triadic

#A8A2A8 #A8A8A2 #A2A8A8

tetradic

#A8A2A8 #A8A5A2 #A2A8A2 #A2A5A8

square

#A8A2A8 #A8A5A2 #A2A8A2 #A2A5A8

split-complementary

#A8A2A8 #A5A8A2 #A2A8A5

monochromatic

#6B646B #8A828A #A8A2A8 #C6C2C6 #E3E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2A8

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2A8	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc1',
    500: '#a8a2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2a8;
$custom-light: #c1bdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71909,
    "c": 0.01093,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2A8

secondary

#D2D4D2

accent

#8D5858

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2A8

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

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