#A8A89F#A8A89F

#A8A89F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A89F
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 159)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -1.66, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 4.93, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0037 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.013 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4082, 38.8334, 38.3717)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A89F #9F9FA8

analogous

#A8A49F #A8A89F #A4A89F

triadic

#A8A89F #9FA8A8 #A89FA8

tetradic

#A8A89F #9FA8A4 #9F9FA8 #A89FA4

square

#A8A89F #9FA8A4 #9F9FA8 #A89FA4

split-complementary

#A8A89F #9FA4A8 #A49FA8

monochromatic

#6B6B61 #8B8B7F #A8A89F #C5C5BF #E2E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8A89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#A8A89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A89F

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A89F	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1bb',
    500: '#a8a89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a89f;
$custom-light: #c1c1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.918,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.01274,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A89F

secondary

#D0D0D3

accent

#578F57

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A89F

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

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