#A8AAA3#A8AAA3

#A8AAA3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.010 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA3
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(77, 4%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -2.02, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 3.91, 121.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.005 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.01 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1330, 39.7186, 40.3535)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA3 #A5A3AA

analogous

#AAA8A3 #A8AAA3 #A4AAA3

triadic

#A8AAA3 #A3A8AA #AAA3A8

tetradic

#A8AAA3 #A3AAA8 #A5A3AA #AAA3A4

square

#A8AAA3 #A3AAA8 #A5A3AA #AAA3A4

split-complementary

#A8AAA3 #A3A4AA #A8A3AA

monochromatic

#6B6D65 #8A8D83 #A8AAA3 #C6C7C3 #E4E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8AAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A8AAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA3

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA3	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)

#ABA9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.010 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3be',
    500: '#a8aaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa3;
$custom-light: #c1c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 3.955,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.01015,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA3

secondary

#D4D3D6

accent

#588E67

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA3

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

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