#A8A99E#A8A99E

#A8A99E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.016 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A99E
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 158)
HSL	hsl(65, 6%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(65, 7%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 6.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -2.38, 5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 6.04, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0056 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.016 111)
XYZ	xyz(36.5071, 39.1695, 37.9783)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A99E #9F9EA9

analogous

#A9A59E #A8A99E #A3A99E

triadic

#A8A99E #9EA8A9 #A99EA8

tetradic

#A8A99E #9EA9A5 #9F9EA9 #A99EA3

square

#A8A99E #9EA9A5 #9F9EA9 #A99EA3

split-complementary

#A8A99E #9EA3A9 #A59EA9

monochromatic

#6B6C60 #8B8C7E #A8A99E #C5C6BE #E2E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8A99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8A99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A99E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A99E	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)

#ABA89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.016 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c2ba',
    500: '#a8a99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a99e;
$custom-light: #c1c2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 6.011,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73081,
    "c": 0.01557,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A99E

secondary

#D0CFD3

accent

#56905B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A99E

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

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