#A8A8AE#A8A8AE

#A8A8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8AE
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 1.15, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 3.29, 290.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0024 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7897, 39.3860, 45.6476)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8AE #AEAEA8

analogous

#A8ABAE #A8A8AE #ABA8AE

triadic

#A8A8AE #AEA8A8 #A8AEA8

tetradic

#A8A8AE #AEA8AB #AEAEA8 #A8AEAB

square

#A8A8AE #AEA8AB #AEAEA8 #A8AEAB

split-complementary

#A8A8AE #AEABA8 #ABAEA8

monochromatic

#6A6A72 #888890 #A8A8AE #C8C8CC #E7E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A8A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8AE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8AE	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c6',
    500: '#a8a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8ae;
$custom-light: #c1c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73344,
    "c": 0.00855,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8AE

secondary

#DADAD8

accent

#8D588D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8AE

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

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