#A8A4AE#A8A4AE

#A8A4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.015 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4AE
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(264, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, 3.35, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 5.73, 305.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0084 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.015 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0626, 37.9318, 45.4052)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4AE #AAAEA4

analogous

#A4A5AE #A8A4AE #ADA4AE

triadic

#A8A4AE #AEA8A4 #A4AEA8

tetradic

#A8A4AE #AEA4A5 #AAAEA4 #A4AEAD

square

#A8A4AE #AEA4A5 #AAAEA4 #A4AEAD

split-complementary

#A8A4AE #AEADA4 #A5AEA4

monochromatic

#6B6672 #898491 #A8A4AE #C7C4CB #E6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4AE

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4AE	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.015 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc6',
    500: '#a8a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4ae;
$custom-light: #c1bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72513,
    "c": 0.01493,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4AE

secondary

#D7D9D5

accent

#905679

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4AE

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

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