#A8A8A6#A8A8A6

#A8A8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.003 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A6
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -0.38, 1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 1.10, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0008 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.003 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0329, 39.0833, 41.6619)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A6 #A6A6A8

analogous

#A8A7A6 #A8A8A6 #A7A8A6

triadic

#A8A8A6 #A6A8A8 #A8A6A8

tetradic

#A8A8A6 #A6A8A7 #A6A6A8 #A8A6A7

square

#A8A8A6 #A6A8A7 #A6A6A8 #A8A6A7

split-complementary

#A8A8A6 #A6A7A8 #A7A6A8

monochromatic

#6B6B69 #8A8A87 #A8A8A6 #C6C6C5 #E5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A8A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.003 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c0',
    500: '#a8a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a6;
$custom-light: #c1c1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.136,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.731,
    "c": 0.00284,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A6

secondary

#D5D5D5

accent

#5B8B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A6

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

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