#A8AAA4#A8AAA4

#A8AAA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA4
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(80, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -1.83, 2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 3.38, 122.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0046 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2229, 39.7546, 40.8272)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA4 #A6A4AA

analogous

#AAA9A4 #A8AAA4 #A5AAA4

triadic

#A8AAA4 #A4A8AA #AAA4A8

tetradic

#A8AAA4 #A4AAA9 #A6A4AA #AAA4A5

square

#A8AAA4 #A4AAA9 #A6A4AA #AAA4A5

split-complementary

#A8AAA4 #A4A5AA #A9A4AA

monochromatic

#6B6D66 #8A8C84 #A8AAA4 #C6C8C4 #E5E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A8AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A8AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA4

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA4	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)

#ABA9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3bf',
    500: '#a8aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa4;
$custom-light: #c1c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73462,
    "c": 0.00878,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA4

secondary

#D5D4D6

accent

#588D6A

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA4

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

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