#A8A9AA#A8A9AA

#A8A9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.002 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9AA
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(210, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(210, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -0.16, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 0.66, 255.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0007 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.002 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5909, 39.6030, 43.6862)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9AA #AAA9A8

analogous

#A8AAAA #A8A9AA #A8A8AA

triadic

#A8A9AA #AAA8A9 #A9AAA8

tetradic

#A8A9AA #AAA8AA #AAA9A8 #A8AAA8

square

#A8A9AA #AAA8AA #AAA9A8 #A8AAA8

split-complementary

#A8A9AA #AAA8A8 #AAAAA8

monochromatic

#6B6C6D #898A8C #A8A9AA #C7C8C8 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A8A9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9AA

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9AA	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.002 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c2c3',
    500: '#a8a9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9aa;
$custom-light: #c1c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.00183,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9AA

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#735B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9AA

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

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