#A8A2AD#A8A2AD

#A8A2AD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.017 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2AD
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(273, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 4.25, -4.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 6.50, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.011 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.017 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.6103, 37.1827, 44.7753)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2AD #A7ADA2

analogous

#A2A2AD #A8A2AD #ADA2AC

triadic

#A8A2AD #ADA8A2 #A2ADA8

tetradic

#A8A2AD #ADA2A2 #A7ADA2 #A2ACAD

square

#A8A2AD #ADA2A2 #A7ADA2 #A2ACAD

split-complementary

#A8A2AD #ACADA2 #A2ADA2

monochromatic

#6B6471 #8A8190 #A8A2AD #C6C3CA #E5E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2AD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2AD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.017 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc5',
    500: '#a8a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ad;
$custom-light: #c1bdc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 6.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72068,
    "c": 0.01707,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.37183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2AD

secondary

#D5D7D4

accent

#905570

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2AD

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

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