#A8A7AA#A8A7AA

#A8A7AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.004 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7AA
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 170)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 1.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 0.93, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 1.69, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0023 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.004 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2216, 38.8645, 43.5631)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7AA #A9AAA7

analogous

#A7A7AA #A8A7AA #A9A7AA

triadic

#A8A7AA #AAA8A7 #A7AAA8

tetradic

#A8A7AA #AAA7A7 #A9AAA7 #A7AAA9

square

#A8A7AA #AAA7A7 #A9AAA7 #A7AAA9

split-complementary

#A8A7AA #AAA9A7 #A7AAA7

monochromatic

#6B696D #89888C #A8A7AA #C7C6C8 #E6E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8A7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7AA

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7AA	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.004 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c3',
    500: '#a8a7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7aa;
$custom-light: #c1c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73011,
    "c": 0.00441,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7AA

secondary

#D7D7D6

accent

#8B5A7B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7AA

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

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