#A8A4AF#A8A4AF

#A8A4AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.016 H 302.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A4AF
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(262, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(262, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 3.54, -5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 6.26, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0088 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.016 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1604, 37.9709, 45.9206)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A4AF #ABAFA4

analogous

#A4A6AF #A8A4AF #AEA4AF

triadic

#A8A4AF #AFA8A4 #A4AFA8

tetradic

#A8A4AF #AFA4A6 #ABAFA4 #A4AFAE

square

#A8A4AF #AFA4A6 #ABAFA4 #A4AFAE

split-complementary

#A8A4AF #AFAEA4 #A6AFA4

monochromatic

#6A6573 #898392 #A8A4AF #C7C5CC #E6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8A4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8A4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A4AF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A4AF	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#A2A6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.016 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc6',
    500: '#a8a4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a4af;
$custom-light: #c1bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 6.433,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A4AF

secondary

#D8D9D6

accent

#90557B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A4AF

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

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