#A8A5AA#A8A5AA

#A8A5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.008 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5AA
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(276, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 2.02, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 2.99, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0053 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.008 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8581, 38.1374, 43.4419)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5AA #A7AAA5

analogous

#A5A5AA #A8A5AA #AAA5A9

triadic

#A8A5AA #AAA8A5 #A5AAA8

tetradic

#A8A5AA #AAA5A5 #A7AAA5 #A5A9AA

square

#A8A5AA #AAA5A5 #A7AAA5 #A5A9AA

split-complementary

#A8A5AA #A9AAA5 #A5AAA5

monochromatic

#6B676D #8A868C #A8A5AA #C6C4C8 #E5E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5AA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5AA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.008 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc3',
    500: '#a8a5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5aa;
$custom-light: #c1bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72594,
    "c": 0.00787,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5AA

secondary

#D5D6D5

accent

#8D596E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5AA

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

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