#A8A8A8#A8A8A8

#A8A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8A8
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 0.00, 180.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(37.2178, 39.1573, 42.6356)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

analogous

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

triadic

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

tetradic

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

square

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

split-complementary

#A8A8A8 #A8A8A8 #A8A8A8

monochromatic

#6B6B6B #898989 #A8A8A8 #C7C7C7 #E5E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8A8

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8A8	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c1',
    500: '#a8a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8a8;
$custom-light: #c1c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73159,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.39157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8A8

secondary

#D6D6D6

accent

#8A8A5C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8A8

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

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