#A8A8A1#A8A8A1

#A8A8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.010 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A1
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 4.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -1.30, 3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 3.84, 109.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0028 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.01 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5831, 38.9034, 39.2931)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A1 #A1A1A8

analogous

#A8A5A1 #A8A8A1 #A5A8A1

triadic

#A8A8A1 #A1A8A8 #A8A1A8

tetradic

#A8A8A1 #A1A8A5 #A1A1A8 #A8A1A5

square

#A8A8A1 #A1A8A5 #A1A1A8 #A8A1A5

split-complementary

#A8A8A1 #A1A5A8 #A5A1A8

monochromatic

#6B6B63 #8B8B81 #A8A8A1 #C5C5C1 #E3E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A8A8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A1

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A1	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.010 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1bc',
    500: '#a8a8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a1;
$custom-light: #c1c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.867,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72954,
    "c": 0.00992,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A1

secondary

#D1D1D4

accent

#588E58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A1

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

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