#A8A5AE#A8A5AE

#A8A5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.013 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A5AE
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 2.80, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 5.09, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0069 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.013 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2422, 38.2911, 45.4651)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A5AE #ABAEA5

analogous

#A5A7AE #A8A5AE #ADA5AE

triadic

#A8A5AE #AEA8A5 #A5AEA8

tetradic

#A8A5AE #AEA5A7 #ABAEA5 #A5AEAD

square

#A8A5AE #AEA5A7 #ABAEA5 #A5AEAD

split-complementary

#A8A5AE #AEADA5 #A7AEA5

monochromatic

#6A6772 #898591 #A8A5AE #C7C5CB #E6E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A8A5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A5AE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A5AE	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.013 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1bfc6',
    500: '#a8a5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a5ae;
$custom-light: #c1bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.01324,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A5AE

secondary

#D8D9D6

accent

#8F567C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A5AE

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

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