#A8A89D#A8A89D

#A8A89D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.016 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A89D
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 157)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -2.02, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 6.03, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0045 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.016 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2360, 38.7646, 37.4651)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A89D #9D9DA8

analogous

#A8A29D #A8A89D #A2A89D

triadic

#A8A89D #9DA8A8 #A89DA8

tetradic

#A8A89D #9DA8A2 #9D9DA8 #A89DA2

square

#A8A89D #9DA8A2 #9D9DA8 #A89DA2

split-complementary

#A8A89D #9DA2A8 #A29DA8

monochromatic

#6B6B5F #8B8B7D #A8A89D #C5C5BD #E2E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8A89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A89D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A89D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.016 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1b9',
    500: '#a8a89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a89d;
$custom-light: #c1c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.01554,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A89D

secondary

#CECED2

accent

#569056

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A89D

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

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