#A8A89A#A8A89A

#A8A89A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.020 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A89A
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -2.55, 7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 7.67, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0057 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.02 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9831, 38.6634, 36.1327)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A89A #9A9AA8

analogous

#A8A19A #A8A89A #A1A89A

triadic

#A8A89A #9AA8A8 #A89AA8

tetradic

#A8A89A #9AA8A1 #9A9AA8 #A89AA1

square

#A8A89A #9AA8A1 #9A9AA8 #A89AA1

split-complementary

#A8A89A #9AA1A8 #A19AA8

monochromatic

#6B6B5C #8C8C79 #A8A89A #C4C4BB #E1E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A8A89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A89A

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A89A	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#ABA799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.020 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b7',
    500: '#a8a89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a89a;
$custom-light: #c1c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.447,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.01975,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A89A

secondary

#CCCCD1

accent

#549154

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A89A

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

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