#A8A2AB#A8A2AB

#A8A2AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.015 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2AB
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 171)
HSL	hsl(280, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 3.86, -3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 5.48, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0102 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.015 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4183, 37.1059, 43.7638)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2AB #A5ABA2

analogous

#A3A2AB #A8A2AB #ABA2A9

triadic

#A8A2AB #ABA8A2 #A2ABA8

tetradic

#A8A2AB #ABA3A2 #A5ABA2 #A2A9AB

square

#A8A2AB #ABA3A2 #A5ABA2 #A2A9AB

split-complementary

#A8A2AB #A9ABA2 #A2ABA3

monochromatic

#6B646F #8A828E #A8A2AB #C6C2C8 #E4E2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A8A2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2AB

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2AB	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.015 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc4',
    500: '#a8a2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ab;
$custom-light: #c1bdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72004,
    "c": 0.0145,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2AB

secondary

#D4D6D3

accent

#8F5769

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2AB

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

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