#A8AAA0#A8AAA0

#A8AAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.014 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA0
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(72, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -2.56, 4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 5.53, 117.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0062 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.014 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8674, 39.6124, 38.9546)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA0 #A2A0AA

analogous

#AAA7A0 #A8AAA0 #A3AAA0

triadic

#A8AAA0 #A0A8AA #AAA0A8

tetradic

#A8AAA0 #A0AAA7 #A2A0AA #AAA0A3

square

#A8AAA0 #A0AAA7 #A2A0AA #AAA0A3

split-complementary

#A8AAA0 #A0A3AA #A7A0AA

monochromatic

#6B6E62 #8A8D80 #A8AAA0 #C6C7C0 #E3E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A8AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA0

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA0	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)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.014 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3bc',
    500: '#a8aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa0;
$custom-light: #c1c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.0143,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA0

secondary

#D2D1D5

accent

#568F62

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA0

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

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