#A8A39E#A8A39E

#A8A39E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.009 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A39E
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 158)
HSL	hsl(30, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 0.88, 3.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 3.35, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0035 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.009 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4164, 36.9881, 37.6148)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A39E #9EA3A8

analogous

#A89E9E #A8A39E #A8A89E

triadic

#A8A39E #9EA8A3 #A39EA8

tetradic

#A8A39E #9EA89E #9EA3A8 #A89EA8

square

#A8A39E #9EA89E #9EA3A8 #A89EA8

split-complementary

#A8A39E #9EA8A8 #9E9EA8

monochromatic

#6B6660 #8B847E #A8A39E #C5C2BE #E2E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A39E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A39E	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.009 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1beba',
    500: '#a8a39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a39e;
$custom-light: #c1beba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71818,
    "c": 0.00922,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A39E

secondary

#CFD1D3

accent

#738F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A39E

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

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