#A8A4A4#A8A4A4

#A8A4A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4A4
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 164)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 1.43, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 1.52, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1237, 37.5562, 40.4608)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4A4 #A4A8A8

analogous

#A8A4A6 #A8A4A4 #A8A6A4

triadic

#A8A4A4 #A4A8A4 #A4A4A8

tetradic

#A8A4A4 #A6A8A4 #A4A8A8 #A6A4A8

square

#A8A4A4 #A6A8A4 #A4A8A8 #A6A4A8

split-complementary

#A8A4A4 #A4A8A6 #A4A6A8

monochromatic

#6B6666 #8A8585 #A8A4A4 #C6C3C3 #E4E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A8A4A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A8A4A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4A4

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4A4	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfbf',
    500: '#a8a4a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4a4;
$custom-light: #c1bfbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.247,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72203,
    "c": 0.00462,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4A4

secondary

#D3D5D5

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4A4

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

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