#A8AAA7#A8AAA7

#A8AAA7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.005 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA7
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 167)
HSL	hsl(100, 2%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(100, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -1.28, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 1.82, 134.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0034 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.005 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4971, 39.8643, 42.2709)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA7 #A9A7AA

analogous

#A9AAA7 #A8AAA7 #A7AAA7

triadic

#A8AAA7 #A7A8AA #AAA7A8

tetradic

#A8AAA7 #A7A9AA #A9A7AA #AAA7A7

square

#A8AAA7 #A7A9AA #A9A7AA #AAA7A7

split-complementary

#A8AAA7 #A7A7AA #AAA7A9

monochromatic

#6B6D69 #898C88 #A8AAA7 #C7C8C6 #E6E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A8AAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA7

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA7	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)

#AAA9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.005 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c1',
    500: '#a8aaa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa7;
$custom-light: #c1c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 1.734,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.00481,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA7

secondary

#D7D6D7

accent

#5A8B7B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA7

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

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