#A8AAA9#A8AAA9

#A8AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.003 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAA9
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(150, 1%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(150, 1%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -0.90, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 0.94, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0026 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.003 165)
XYZ	xyz(37.6834, 39.9388, 43.2521)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAA9 #AAA8A9

analogous

#A8AAA8 #A8AAA9 #A8AAAA

triadic

#A8AAA9 #A9A8AA #AAA9A8

tetradic

#A8AAA9 #A8A8AA #AAA8A9 #AAAAA8

square

#A8AAA9 #A8A8AA #AAA8A9 #AAAAA8

split-complementary

#A8AAA9 #AAA8AA #AAA8A8

monochromatic

#6B6D6C #898C8A #A8AAA9 #C7C8C8 #E6E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A8AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A8AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAA9

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAA9	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.003 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c2',
    500: '#a8aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaa9;
$custom-light: #c1c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 1.163,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73609,
    "c": 0.00267,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.39939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAA9

secondary

#D7D7D7

accent

#5B738B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAA9

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

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