#A8A8A5#A8A8A5

#A8A8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.004 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A5
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -0.56, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 1.65, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0012 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.004 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.9415, 39.0467, 41.1806)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A5 #A5A5A8

analogous

#A8A6A5 #A8A8A5 #A6A8A5

triadic

#A8A8A5 #A5A8A8 #A8A5A8

tetradic

#A8A8A5 #A5A8A6 #A5A5A8 #A8A5A6

square

#A8A8A5 #A5A8A6 #A5A5A8 #A8A5A6

split-complementary

#A8A8A5 #A5A6A8 #A6A5A8

monochromatic

#6B6B68 #8A8A86 #A8A8A5 #C6C6C4 #E4E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A8A8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A5

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A5	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.004 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1bf',
    500: '#a8a8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a5;
$custom-light: #c1c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.695,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7307,
    "c": 0.00426,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A5

secondary

#D4D4D5

accent

#5A8B5A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A5

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

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