#A8A6AC#A8A6AC

#A8A6AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6AC
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 172)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, 1.86, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 3.39, 303.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0046 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2298, 38.5758, 44.5063)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6AC #AAACA6

analogous

#A6A7AC #A8A6AC #ABA6AC

triadic

#A8A6AC #ACA8A6 #A6ACA8

tetradic

#A8A6AC #ACA6A7 #AAACA6 #A6ACAB

square

#A8A6AC #ACA6A7 #AAACA6 #A6ACAB

split-complementary

#A8A6AC #ACABA6 #A7ACA6

monochromatic

#6B6870 #89868E #A8A6AC #C7C6CA #E6E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A6AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A8A6AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6AC

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6AC	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0c4',
    500: '#a8a6ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6ac;
$custom-light: #c1c0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.00882,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6AC

secondary

#D7D8D6

accent

#8D587C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6AC

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

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