#A8A8B0#A8A8B0

#A8A8B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.011 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A8B0
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 1.55, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 4.39, 290.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0032 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.011 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9861, 39.4646, 46.6821)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A8B0 #B0B0A8

analogous

#A8ACB0 #A8A8B0 #ACA8B0

triadic

#A8A8B0 #B0A8A8 #A8B0A8

tetradic

#A8A8B0 #B0A8AC #B0B0A8 #A8B0AC

square

#A8A8B0 #B0A8AC #B0B0A8 #A8B0AC

split-complementary

#A8A8B0 #B0ACA8 #ACB0A8

monochromatic

#696974 #888893 #A8A8B0 #C8C8CD #E8E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A8A8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A8A8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A8B0

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A8B0	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.011 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c1c7',
    500: '#a8a8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a8b0;
$custom-light: #c1c1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73407,
    "c": 0.01141,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A8B0

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#8F578F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A8B0

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

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