#A8A3AA#A8A3AA

#A8A3AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.011 H 316.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3AA
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(283, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 3.12, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 4.31, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0083 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.011 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5002, 37.4216, 43.3226)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3AA #A5AAA3

analogous

#A4A3AA #A8A3AA #AAA3A8

triadic

#A8A3AA #AAA8A3 #A3AAA8

tetradic

#A8A3AA #AAA4A3 #A5AAA3 #A3A8AA

square

#A8A3AA #AAA4A3 #A5AAA3 #A3A8AA

split-complementary

#A8A3AA #A8AAA3 #A3AAA4

monochromatic

#6B656D #8A838D #A8A3AA #C6C3C7 #E4E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3AA

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3AA	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.011 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bec3',
    500: '#a8a3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3aa;
$custom-light: #c1bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72179,
    "c": 0.01146,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3AA

secondary

#D4D6D3

accent

#8E5867

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3AA

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

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