#A8A2AE#A8A2AE

#A8A2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.018 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A2AE
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 4.45, -5.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 7.02, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0114 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.018 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7075, 37.2216, 45.2869)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A2AE #A8AEA2

analogous

#A2A2AE #A8A2AE #AEA2AE

triadic

#A8A2AE #AEA8A2 #A2AEA8

tetradic

#A8A2AE #AEA2A2 #A8AEA2 #A2AEAE

square

#A8A2AE #AEA2A2 #A8AEA2 #A2AEAE

split-complementary

#A8A2AE #AEAEA2 #A2AEA2

monochromatic

#6B6372 #898192 #A8A2AE #C7C3CA #E5E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A2AE

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A2AE	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)

#A0A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.018 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bdc6',
    500: '#a8a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a2ae;
$custom-light: #c1bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.721,
    "c": 0.01839,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A2AE

secondary

#D6D8D4

accent

#915573

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A2AE

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

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