#A8A899#A8A899

#A8A899 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.021 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A899
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -2.72, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 8.22, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0061 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.021 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9001, 38.6302, 35.6959)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A899 #9999A8

analogous

#A8A099 #A8A899 #A0A899

triadic

#A8A899 #99A8A8 #A899A8

tetradic

#A8A899 #99A8A0 #9999A8 #A899A0

square

#A8A899 #99A8A0 #9999A8 #A899A0

split-complementary

#A8A899 #99A0A8 #A099A8

monochromatic

#6B6B5B #8C8C78 #A8A899 #C4C4BA #E0E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A8A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A899

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A899	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.021 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b7',
    500: '#a8a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a899;
$custom-light: #c1c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.937,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72732,
    "c": 0.02114,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A899

secondary

#CCCCD1

accent

#549254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A899

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

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