#A8A39D#A8A39D

#A8A39D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.010 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A39D
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 157)
HSL	hsl(33, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(33, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 0.70, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 3.82, 79.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0031 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.01 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3307, 36.9538, 37.1633)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A39D #9DA2A8

analogous

#A89D9D #A8A39D #A7A89D

triadic

#A8A39D #9DA8A3 #A39DA8

tetradic

#A8A39D #9DA89D #9DA2A8 #A89DA7

square

#A8A39D #9DA89D #9DA2A8 #A89DA7

split-complementary

#A8A39D #9DA7A8 #9D9DA8

monochromatic

#6B665F #8B857D #A8A39D #C5C1BD #E2E0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A39D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A8A39D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A39D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A39D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A39D	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a39d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.010 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beb9',
    500: '#a8a39d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a39d;
$custom-light: #c1beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a39d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.01036,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A39D

secondary

#CED0D2

accent

#709056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A39D

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

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