#A8A7AB#A8A7AB

#A8A7AB is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.006 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7AB
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 171)
HSL	hsl(255, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(255, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 1.12, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 2.23, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0027 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.006 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3166, 38.9025, 44.0632)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7AB #AAABA7

analogous

#A7A8AB #A8A7AB #AAA7AB

triadic

#A8A7AB #ABA8A7 #A7ABA8

tetradic

#A8A7AB #ABA7A8 #AAABA7 #A7ABAA

square

#A8A7AB #ABA7A8 #AAABA7 #A7ABAA

split-complementary

#A8A7AB #ABAAA7 #A8ABA7

monochromatic

#6B696E #89888D #A8A7AB #C7C6C9 #E6E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A8A7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7AB

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7AB	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.006 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c4',
    500: '#a8a7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7ab;
$custom-light: #c1c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 2.326,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73042,
    "c": 0.00579,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7AB

secondary

#D7D8D6

accent

#8C597F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7AB

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

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