#A8A79F#A8A79F

#A8A79F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.011 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A79F
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 159)
HSL	hsl(53, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -1.12, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 4.40, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0021 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.011 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2243, 38.4656, 38.3104)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A79F #9FA0A8

analogous

#A8A39F #A8A79F #A5A89F

triadic

#A8A79F #9FA8A7 #A79FA8

tetradic

#A8A79F #9FA8A3 #9FA0A8 #A89FA5

square

#A8A79F #9FA8A3 #9FA0A8 #A89FA5

split-complementary

#A8A79F #9FA5A8 #A39FA8

monochromatic

#6B6A61 #8B8A7F #A8A79F #C5C4BF #E2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8A79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8A79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A79F

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A79F	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)

#A9A69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.011 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1bb',
    500: '#a8a79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a79f;
$custom-light: #c1c1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72686,
    "c": 0.01139,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A79F

secondary

#D0D0D3

accent

#5D8F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A79F

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

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