#A8AAA5#A8AAA5

#A8AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.007 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA5
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(84, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(84, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -1.65, 2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 2.85, 125.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0042 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.007 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3136, 39.7909, 41.3047)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA5 #A7A5AA

analogous

#AAA9A5 #A8AAA5 #A5AAA5

triadic

#A8AAA5 #A5A8AA #AAA5A8

tetradic

#A8AAA5 #A5AAA9 #A7A5AA #AAA5A5

square

#A8AAA5 #A5AAA9 #A7A5AA #AAA5A5

split-complementary

#A8AAA5 #A5A5AA #A9A5AA

monochromatic

#6B6D67 #8A8C86 #A8AAA5 #C6C8C4 #E5E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A8AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA5

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA5	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.007 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3bf',
    500: '#a8aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa5;
$custom-light: #c1c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73491,
    "c": 0.00742,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA5

secondary

#D5D5D6

accent

#598D6E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA5

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

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