#A8A3A2#A8A3A2

#A8A3A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.006 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3A2
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(10, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(10, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 1.61, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 1.98, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0051 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.006 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7663, 37.1281, 39.4576)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3A2 #A2A7A8

analogous

#A8A2A4 #A8A3A2 #A8A6A2

triadic

#A8A3A2 #A2A8A3 #A3A2A8

tetradic

#A8A3A2 #A4A8A2 #A2A7A8 #A6A2A8

square

#A8A3A2 #A4A8A2 #A2A7A8 #A6A2A8

split-complementary

#A8A3A2 #A2A8A6 #A2A4A8

monochromatic

#6B6564 #8A8482 #A8A3A2 #C6C2C2 #E3E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8A3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A8A3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3A2

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3A2	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)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.006 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bebd',
    500: '#a8a3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3a2;
$custom-light: #c1bebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71935,
    "c": 0.00599,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3A2

secondary

#D2D4D4

accent

#848D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3A2

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

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