#A8A4A2#A8A4A2

#A8A4A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.005 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4A2
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(20, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(20, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 1.06, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 1.88, 55.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% 0.0036 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.005 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9446, 37.4846, 39.5170)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4A2 #A2A6A8

analogous

#A8A2A3 #A8A4A2 #A8A7A2

triadic

#A8A4A2 #A2A8A4 #A4A2A8

tetradic

#A8A4A2 #A3A8A2 #A2A6A8 #A7A2A8

square

#A8A4A2 #A3A8A2 #A2A6A8 #A7A2A8

split-complementary

#A8A4A2 #A2A8A7 #A2A3A8

monochromatic

#6B6764 #8A8582 #A8A4A2 #C6C3C2 #E3E2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#A8A4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4A2

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4A2	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)

#A5A4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.005 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfbd',
    500: '#a8a4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4a2;
$custom-light: #c1bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72143,
    "c": 0.00546,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4A2

secondary

#D2D3D4

accent

#7C8D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4A2

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

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