#A8A6AA#A8A6AA

#A8A6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6AA
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, 1.47, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 2.33, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0038 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0392, 38.4996, 43.5023)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6AA #A8AAA6

analogous

#A6A6AA #A8A6AA #AAA6AA

triadic

#A8A6AA #AAA8A6 #A6AAA8

tetradic

#A8A6AA #AAA6A6 #A8AAA6 #A6AAAA

square

#A8A6AA #AAA6A6 #A8AAA6 #A6AAAA

split-complementary

#A8A6AA #AAAAA6 #A6AAA6

monochromatic

#6B686D #89878C #A8A6AA #C7C5C8 #E5E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A8A6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6AA

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6AA	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0c3',
    500: '#a8a6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6aa;
$custom-light: #c1c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72802,
    "c": 0.00611,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6AA

secondary

#D6D7D5

accent

#8C5973

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6AA

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

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