#A8A79C#A8A79C

#A8A79C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.016 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A79C
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -1.65, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 6.04, 105.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0034 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.016 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9671, 38.3627, 36.9560)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A79C #9C9DA8

analogous

#A8A19C #A8A79C #A3A89C

triadic

#A8A79C #9CA8A7 #A79CA8

tetradic

#A8A79C #9CA8A1 #9C9DA8 #A89CA3

square

#A8A79C #9CA8A1 #9C9DA8 #A89CA3

split-complementary

#A8A79C #9CA3A8 #A19CA8

monochromatic

#6B6A5E #8B8A7B #A8A79C #C5C4BD #E1E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8A79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A79C

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A79C	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.016 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b9',
    500: '#a8a79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a79c;
$custom-light: #c1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 6.452,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.0156,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A79C

secondary

#CECED2

accent

#5A9055

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A79C

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

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