#A8A6A2#A8A6A2

#A8A6A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6A2
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 162)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -0.03, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 2.32, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0006 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3053, 38.2060, 39.6373)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6A2 #A2A4A8

analogous

#A8A3A2 #A8A6A2 #A7A8A2

triadic

#A8A6A2 #A2A8A6 #A6A2A8

tetradic

#A8A6A2 #A2A8A3 #A2A4A8 #A8A2A7

square

#A8A6A2 #A2A8A3 #A2A4A8 #A8A2A7

split-complementary

#A8A6A2 #A2A7A8 #A3A2A8

monochromatic

#6B6964 #8A8882 #A8A6A2 #C6C4C2 #E3E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A8A6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6A2

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6A2	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0bd',
    500: '#a8a6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6a2;
$custom-light: #c1c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72562,
    "c": 0.00616,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6A2

secondary

#D2D3D4

accent

#6A8D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6A2

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

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