#A8A6B0#A8A6B0

#A8A6B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.014 H 295.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6B0
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 176)
HSL	hsl(252, 6%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(252, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 2.64, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 5.56, 298.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0061 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.014 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6197, 38.7318, 46.5600)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6B0 #AEB0A6

analogous

#A6A9B0 #A8A6B0 #ADA6B0

triadic

#A8A6B0 #B0A8A6 #A6B0A8

tetradic

#A8A6B0 #B0A6A9 #AEB0A6 #A6B0AD

square

#A8A6B0 #B0A6A9 #AEB0A6 #A6B0AD

split-complementary

#A8A6B0 #B0ADA6 #A9B0A6

monochromatic

#6A6774 #888693 #A8A6B0 #C8C6CD #E7E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A6B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8A6B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6B0

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6B0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.014 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0c7',
    500: '#a8a6b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6b0;
$custom-light: #c1c0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 5.952,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72991,
    "c": 0.01442,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6B0

secondary

#DADAD7

accent

#905684

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6B0

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

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