#A8A3AF#A8A3AF

#A8A3AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.018 H 304.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A3AF
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(265, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(265, 7%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 4.10, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 6.90, 306.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0103 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.018 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9822, 37.6144, 45.8611)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A3AF #AAAFA3

analogous

#A3A4AF #A8A3AF #AEA3AF

triadic

#A8A3AF #AFA8A3 #A3AFA8

tetradic

#A8A3AF #AFA3A4 #AAAFA3 #A3AFAE

square

#A8A3AF #AFA3A4 #AAAFA3 #A3AFAE

split-complementary

#A8A3AF #AFAEA3 #A4AFA3

monochromatic

#6B6473 #898293 #A8A3AF #C7C4CB #E6E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A8A3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#A8A3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A3AF

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A3AF	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.018 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bec6',
    500: '#a8a3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a3af;
$custom-light: #c1bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72339,
    "c": 0.018,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A3AF

secondary

#D7D9D5

accent

#915578

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A3AF

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

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