#A8AAAC#A8AAAC

#A8AAAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.004 H 247.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAAC
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(210, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -0.33, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 1.32, 255.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.0014 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.004 247.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9682, 40.0527, 44.7524)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAAC #ACAAA8

analogous

#A8ACAC #A8AAAC #A8A8AC

triadic

#A8AAAC #ACA8AA #AAACA8

tetradic

#A8AAAC #ACA8AC #ACAAA8 #A8ACA8

square

#A8AAAC #ACA8AC #ACAAA8 #A8ACA8

split-complementary

#A8AAAC #ACA8A8 #ACACA8

monochromatic

#6A6D6F #898B8E #A8AAAC #C7C9CA #E7E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAAC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAAC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.004 247.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c4',
    500: '#a8aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaac;
$custom-light: #c1c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.737,
    "c": 0.00367,
    "h": 247.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAAC

secondary

#D9D8D7

accent

#73598C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAAC

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

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