#A8A2AC#A8A2AC

#A8A2AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2AC
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 172)
HSL	hsl(276, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 4.06, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 5.98, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% 0.0106 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5139, 37.1441, 44.2676)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2AC #A6ACA2

analogous

#A3A2AC #A8A2AC #ACA2AB

triadic

#A8A2AC #ACA8A2 #A2ACA8

tetradic

#A8A2AC #ACA3A2 #A6ACA2 #A2ABAC

square

#A8A2AC #ACA3A2 #A6ACA2 #A2ABAC

split-complementary

#A8A2AC #ABACA2 #A2ACA3

monochromatic

#6B6470 #8A828F #A8A2AC #C6C2C9 #E5E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A8A2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2AC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2AC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc4',
    500: '#a8a2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ac;
$custom-light: #c1bdc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72036,
    "c": 0.01577,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2AC

secondary

#D5D7D3

accent

#90566D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2AC

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

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