#A8A89B#A8A89B

#A8A89B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.018 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A89B
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 155)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.53, -2.37, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.53, 7.12, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0053 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.018 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0667, 38.6968, 36.5732)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A89B #9B9BA8

analogous

#A8A19B #A8A89B #A1A89B

triadic

#A8A89B #9BA8A8 #A89BA8

tetradic

#A8A89B #9BA8A1 #9B9BA8 #A89BA1

square

#A8A89B #9BA8A1 #9B9BA8 #A89BA1

split-complementary

#A8A89B #9BA1A8 #A19BA8

monochromatic

#6B6B5D #8C8C7A #A8A89B #C4C4BC #E1E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#A8A89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A89B

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A89B	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.018 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b8',
    500: '#a8a89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a89b;
$custom-light: #c1c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.952,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.01835,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A89B

secondary

#CDCDD2

accent

#559155

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A89B

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

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