#A8A6B2#A8A6B2

#A8A6B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.017 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A6B2
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 178)
HSL	hsl(250, 7%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 6.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 3.04, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 6.65, 297.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0069 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.017 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8191, 38.8115, 47.6098)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A6B2 #B0B2A6

analogous

#A6AAB2 #A8A6B2 #AEA6B2

triadic

#A8A6B2 #B2A8A6 #A6B2A8

tetradic

#A8A6B2 #B2A6AA #B0B2A6 #A6B2AE

square

#A8A6B2 #B2A6AA #B0B2A6 #A6B2AE

split-complementary

#A8A6B2 #B2AEA6 #AAB2A6

monochromatic

#696777 #888596 #A8A6B2 #C8C7CE #E8E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A6B2

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A6B2	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.017 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c0c9',
    500: '#a8a6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a6b2;
$custom-light: #c1c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 7.229,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73056,
    "c": 0.01725,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A6B2

secondary

#DBDCD8

accent

#915487

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A6B2

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

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