#A8A7AE#A8A7AE

#A8A7AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.010 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A7AE
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 174)
HSL	hsl(249, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(249, 4%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 1.70, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 3.87, 296.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% 0.0039 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.01 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6058, 39.0182, 45.5863)
Luminance	0.3902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A7AE #ADAEA7

analogous

#A7AAAE #A8A7AE #ACA7AE

triadic

#A8A7AE #AEA8A7 #A7AEA8

tetradic

#A8A7AE #AEA7AA #ADAEA7 #A7AEAC

square

#A8A7AE #AEA7AA #ADAEA7 #A7AEAC

split-complementary

#A8A7AE #AEACA7 #AAAEA7

monochromatic

#6A6972 #888791 #A8A7AE #C8C7CB #E7E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A8A7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A7AE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A7AE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.010 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c6',
    500: '#a8a7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a7ae;
$custom-light: #c1c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 4.142,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73135,
    "c": 0.01003,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A7AE

secondary

#D9DAD7

accent

#8E5886

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A7AE

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

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