#A8A8A2#A8A8A2

#A8A8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.009 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A2
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -1.12, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 3.29, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.009 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6717, 38.9388, 39.7594)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A2 #A2A2A8

analogous

#A8A5A2 #A8A8A2 #A5A8A2

triadic

#A8A8A2 #A2A8A8 #A8A2A8

tetradic

#A8A8A2 #A2A8A5 #A2A2A8 #A8A2A5

square

#A8A8A2 #A2A8A5 #A2A2A8 #A8A2A5

split-complementary

#A8A8A2 #A2A5A8 #A5A2A8

monochromatic

#6B6B64 #8A8A82 #A8A8A2 #C6C6C2 #E3E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A2

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A2	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.009 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1bd',
    500: '#a8a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a2;
$custom-light: #c1c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.0085,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A2

secondary

#D2D2D4

accent

#588D58

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A2

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

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