#A8AAA2#A8AAA2

#A8AAA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.012 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA2
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 162)
HSL	hsl(75, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 4.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -2.20, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 4.45, 119.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0054 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.012 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0438, 39.6829, 39.8834)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA2 #A4A2AA

analogous

#AAA8A2 #A8AAA2 #A4AAA2

triadic

#A8AAA2 #A2A8AA #AAA2A8

tetradic

#A8AAA2 #A2AAA8 #A4A2AA #AAA2A4

square

#A8AAA2 #A2AAA8 #A4A2AA #AAA2A4

split-complementary

#A8AAA2 #A2A4AA #A8A2AA

monochromatic

#6B6E64 #8A8D82 #A8AAA2 #C6C7C2 #E4E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8AAA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8AAA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA2

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA2	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.012 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3bd',
    500: '#a8aaa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa2;
$custom-light: #c1c3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 4.494,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73405,
    "c": 0.01153,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA2

secondary

#D3D3D5

accent

#578E65

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA2

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

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