#A8A9AE#A8A9AE

#A8A9AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.007 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A9AE
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(230, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(230, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 0.61, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 2.76, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0009 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.007 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.9750, 39.7567, 45.7094)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A9AE #AEADA8

analogous

#A8ACAE #A8A9AE #AAA8AE

triadic

#A8A9AE #AEA8A9 #A9AEA8

tetradic

#A8A9AE #AEA8AC #AEADA8 #A8AEAA

square

#A8A9AE #AEA8AC #AEADA8 #A8AEAA

split-complementary

#A8A9AE #AEAAA8 #ACAEA8

monochromatic

#6A6B72 #888A90 #A8A9AE #C8C8CC #E7E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8A9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A8A9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A9AE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A9AE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.007 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c2c6',
    500: '#a8a9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a9ae;
$custom-light: #c1c2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73552,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A9AE

secondary

#DADAD8

accent

#85588D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A9AE

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

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