#A8A6A4#A8A6A4

#A8A6A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6A4
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 164)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 0.34, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 1.33, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0014 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4845, 38.2777, 40.5810)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6A4 #A4A6A8

analogous

#A8A4A4 #A8A6A4 #A8A8A4

triadic

#A8A6A4 #A4A8A6 #A6A4A8

tetradic

#A8A6A4 #A4A8A4 #A4A6A8 #A8A4A8

square

#A8A6A4 #A4A8A4 #A4A6A8 #A8A4A8

split-complementary

#A8A6A4 #A4A8A8 #A4A4A8

monochromatic

#6B6966 #8A8785 #A8A6A4 #C6C5C3 #E4E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A8A6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A8A6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6A4

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6A4	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)

#A7A6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0bf',
    500: '#a8a6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6a4;
$custom-light: #c1c0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 2.247,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72621,
    "c": 0.00368,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6A4

secondary

#D3D4D5

accent

#738C59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6A4

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

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