#A8AAA6#A8AAA6

#A8AAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.006 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA6
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(90, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -1.46, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 2.33, 128.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0038 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.006 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4050, 39.8274, 41.7859)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA6 #A8A6AA

analogous

#AAAAA6 #A8AAA6 #A6AAA6

triadic

#A8AAA6 #A6A8AA #AAA6A8

tetradic

#A8AAA6 #A6AAAA #A8A6AA #AAA6A6

square

#A8AAA6 #A6AAAA #A8A6AA #AAA6A6

split-complementary

#A8AAA6 #A6A6AA #AAA6AA

monochromatic

#6B6D68 #898C87 #A8AAA6 #C7C8C5 #E5E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A8AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA6

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA6	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.006 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c0',
    500: '#a8aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa6;
$custom-light: #c1c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 2.299,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73521,
    "c": 0.00609,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA6

secondary

#D6D5D7

accent

#598C73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA6

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

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