#A8A6A0#A8A6A0

#A8A6A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6A0
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(45, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -0.39, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 3.38, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.0002 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1289, 38.1355, 38.7085)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6A0 #A0A2A8

analogous

#A8A2A0 #A8A6A0 #A6A8A0

triadic

#A8A6A0 #A0A8A6 #A6A0A8

tetradic

#A8A6A0 #A0A8A2 #A0A2A8 #A8A0A6

square

#A8A6A0 #A0A8A2 #A0A2A8 #A8A0A6

split-complementary

#A8A6A0 #A0A6A8 #A2A0A8

monochromatic

#6B6962 #8B8880 #A8A6A0 #C5C4C0 #E3E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#A8A6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6A0

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6A0	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)

#A7A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0bc',
    500: '#a8a6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6a0;
$custom-light: #c1c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.00884,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6A0

secondary

#D1D1D3

accent

#658E57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6A0

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

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