#A8A79E#A8A79E

#A8A79E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.013 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A79E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 158)
HSL	hsl(54, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -1.30, 4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 4.95, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0026 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.013 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1379, 38.4310, 37.8553)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A79E #9E9FA8

analogous

#A8A29E #A8A79E #A4A89E

triadic

#A8A79E #9EA8A7 #A79EA8

tetradic

#A8A79E #9EA8A2 #9E9FA8 #A89EA4

square

#A8A79E #9EA8A2 #9E9FA8 #A89EA4

split-complementary

#A8A79E #9EA4A8 #A29EA8

monochromatic

#6B6A60 #8B8A7E #A8A79E #C5C4BE #E2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8A79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A79E

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A79E	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.013 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1ba',
    500: '#a8a79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a79e;
$custom-light: #c1c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72658,
    "c": 0.0128,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A79E

secondary

#CFCFD3

accent

#5C8F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A79E

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

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