#A8A8AA#A8A8AA

#A8A8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.003 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8AA
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 0.38, -1.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 1.10, 290.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.003 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4055, 39.2324, 43.6244)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8AA #AAAAA8

analogous

#A8A9AA #A8A8AA #A9A8AA

triadic

#A8A8AA #AAA8A8 #A8AAA8

tetradic

#A8A8AA #AAA8A9 #AAAAA8 #A8AAA9

square

#A8A8AA #AAA8A9 #AAAAA8 #A8AAA9

split-complementary

#A8A8AA #AAA9A8 #A9AAA8

monochromatic

#6B6B6D #89898C #A8A8AA #C7C7C8 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A8A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8AA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8AA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.003 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c3',
    500: '#a8a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8aa;
$custom-light: #c1c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7322,
    "c": 0.00284,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8AA

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#8B5B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8AA

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

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