#A8A3AC#A8A3AC

#A8A3AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.014 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3AC
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(273, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, 3.51, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 5.32, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0091 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.014 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6908, 37.4978, 44.3266)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3AC #A7ACA3

analogous

#A3A3AC #A8A3AC #ACA3AB

triadic

#A8A3AC #ACA8A3 #A3ACA8

tetradic

#A8A3AC #ACA3A3 #A7ACA3 #A3ABAC

square

#A8A3AC #ACA3A3 #A7ACA3 #A3ABAC

split-complementary

#A8A3AC #ABACA3 #A3ACA3

monochromatic

#6B6570 #8A838F #A8A3AC #C6C3C9 #E5E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A8A3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3AC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3AC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.014 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bec4',
    500: '#a8a3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3ac;
$custom-light: #c1bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 5.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72242,
    "c": 0.014,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3AC

secondary

#D5D7D4

accent

#8F5670

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3AC

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

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