#A8A3AB#A8A3AB

#A8A3AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.013 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3AB
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 171)
HSL	hsl(278, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(278, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 3.31, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 4.81, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0087 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.013 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5951, 37.4596, 43.8227)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3AB #A6ABA3

analogous

#A4A3AB #A8A3AB #ABA3AA

triadic

#A8A3AB #ABA8A3 #A3ABA8

tetradic

#A8A3AB #ABA4A3 #A6ABA3 #A3AAAB

square

#A8A3AB #ABA4A3 #A6ABA3 #A3AAAB

split-complementary

#A8A3AB #AAABA3 #A3ABA4

monochromatic

#6B656F #8A838E #A8A3AB #C6C3C8 #E5E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A8A3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3AB

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3AB	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.013 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bec4',
    500: '#a8a3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ab;
$custom-light: #c1bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 4.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.01271,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3AB

secondary

#D5D6D4

accent

#8E576C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3AB

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

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