#A8AAA8#A8AAA8

#A8AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.004 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA8
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -1.09, 0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 1.34, 144.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.003 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.004 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5899, 39.9014, 42.7596)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA8 #AAA8AA

analogous

#A9AAA8 #A8AAA8 #A8AAA9

triadic

#A8AAA8 #A8A8AA #AAA8A8

tetradic

#A8AAA8 #A8A9AA #AAA8AA #AAA9A8

square

#A8AAA8 #A8A9AA #AAA8AA #AAA9A8

split-complementary

#A8AAA8 #A9A8AA #AAA8A9

monochromatic

#6B6D6B #898C89 #A8AAA8 #C7C8C7 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A8AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA8

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA8	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.004 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c1',
    500: '#a8aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa8;
$custom-light: #c1c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7358,
    "c": 0.00363,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA8

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#5B8B8B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA8

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

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