#A8A2AA#A8A2AA

#A8A2AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2AA
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(285, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, 3.67, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 4.98, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0098 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3233, 37.0679, 43.2637)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2AA #A4AAA2

analogous

#A4A2AA #A8A2AA #AAA2A8

triadic

#A8A2AA #AAA8A2 #A2AAA8

tetradic

#A8A2AA #AAA4A2 #A4AAA2 #A2A8AA

square

#A8A2AA #AAA4A2 #A4AAA2 #A2A8AA

split-complementary

#A8A2AA #A8AAA2 #A2AAA4

monochromatic

#6B646E #8A828D #A8A2AA #C6C2C7 #E4E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A8A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2AA

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2AA	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc3',
    500: '#a8a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2aa;
$custom-light: #c1bdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71972,
    "c": 0.01327,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2AA

secondary

#D3D5D3

accent

#8E5765

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2AA

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

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