#A8A8A3#A8A8A3

#A8A8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.007 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A3
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -0.93, 2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 2.74, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.002 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.007 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7609, 38.9745, 40.2294)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A3 #A3A3A8

analogous

#A8A6A3 #A8A8A3 #A6A8A3

triadic

#A8A8A3 #A3A8A8 #A8A3A8

tetradic

#A8A8A3 #A3A8A6 #A3A3A8 #A8A3A6

square

#A8A8A3 #A3A8A6 #A3A3A8 #A8A3A6

split-complementary

#A8A8A3 #A3A6A8 #A6A3A8

monochromatic

#6B6B65 #8A8A84 #A8A8A3 #C6C6C2 #E3E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A8A8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A8A8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A3	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)

#A9A8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.007 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1be',
    500: '#a8a8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a3;
$custom-light: #c1c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.793,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.00709,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A3

secondary

#D3D3D4

accent

#598D59

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →