#A8A79D#A8A79D

#A8A79D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.014 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A79D
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -1.48, 5.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 5.50, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.003 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.014 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0521, 38.3967, 37.4038)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A79D #9D9EA8

analogous

#A8A19D #A8A79D #A3A89D

triadic

#A8A79D #9DA8A7 #A79DA8

tetradic

#A8A79D #9DA8A1 #9D9EA8 #A89DA3

square

#A8A79D #9DA8A1 #9D9EA8 #A89DA3

split-complementary

#A8A79D #9DA3A8 #A19DA8

monochromatic

#6B6A5F #8B8A7D #A8A79D #C5C4BD #E2E1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A8A79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A79D

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A79D	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.014 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b9',
    500: '#a8a79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a79d;
$custom-light: #c1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.01421,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A79D

secondary

#CECFD2

accent

#5B9056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A79D

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

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