#A8A4A0#A8A4A0

#A8A4A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.007 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4A0
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 160)
HSL	hsl(30, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 0.70, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 2.67, 74.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0028 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.007 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.7682, 37.4140, 38.5882)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4A0 #A0A4A8

analogous

#A8A0A0 #A8A4A0 #A8A8A0

triadic

#A8A4A0 #A0A8A4 #A4A0A8

tetradic

#A8A4A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A4A8 #A8A0A8

square

#A8A4A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A4A8 #A8A0A8

split-complementary

#A8A4A0 #A0A8A8 #A0A0A8

monochromatic

#6B6762 #8B8580 #A8A4A0 #C5C3C0 #E3E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8A4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A8A4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4A0

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4A0	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)

#A5A4A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.007 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfbc',
    500: '#a8a4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4a0;
$custom-light: #c1bfbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72085,
    "c": 0.00737,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4A0

secondary

#D1D2D3

accent

#738E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4A0

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

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