#A8A89E#A8A89E

#A8A89E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.014 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A89E
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 6%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -1.84, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 5.48, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0041 0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.014 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3218, 38.7988, 37.9166)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A89E #9E9EA8

analogous

#A8A39E #A8A89E #A3A89E

triadic

#A8A89E #9EA8A8 #A89EA8

tetradic

#A8A89E #9EA8A3 #9E9EA8 #A89EA3

square

#A8A89E #9EA8A3 #9E9EA8 #A89EA3

split-complementary

#A8A89E #9EA3A8 #A39EA8

monochromatic

#6B6B60 #8B8B7E #A8A89E #C5C5BE #E2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A8A89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A89E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A89E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.014 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1ba',
    500: '#a8a89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a89e;
$custom-light: #c1c1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72869,
    "c": 0.01414,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A89E

secondary

#CFCFD3

accent

#568F56

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A89E

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

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