#A8A4AC#A8A4AC

#A8A4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4AC
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 2.96, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 4.67, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0076 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8690, 37.8544, 44.3860)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4AC #A8ACA4

analogous

#A4A4AC #A8A4AC #ACA4AC

triadic

#A8A4AC #ACA8A4 #A4ACA8

tetradic

#A8A4AC #ACA4A4 #A8ACA4 #A4ACAC

square

#A8A4AC #ACA4A4 #A8ACA4 #A4ACAC

split-complementary

#A8A4AC #ACACA4 #A4ACA4

monochromatic

#6B6670 #89848F #A8A4AC #C7C4C9 #E5E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#A8A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4AC

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4AC	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc4',
    500: '#a8a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ac;
$custom-light: #c1bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72449,
    "c": 0.01224,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4AC

secondary

#D6D7D5

accent

#8E5773

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4AC

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

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