#A8AAAE#A8AAAE

#A8AAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAAE
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(220, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(220, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 0.06, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 2.30, 271.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0006 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1618, 40.1301, 45.7716)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAAE #AEACA8

analogous

#A8ADAE #A8AAAE #A9A8AE

triadic

#A8AAAE #AEA8AA #AAAEA8

tetradic

#A8AAAE #AEA8AD #AEACA8 #A8AEA9

square

#A8AAAE #AEA8AD #AEACA8 #A8AEA9

split-complementary

#A8AAAE #AEA9A8 #ADAEA8

monochromatic

#6A6C72 #888B90 #A8AAAE #C8C9CC #E7E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A8AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAAE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAAE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c6',
    500: '#a8aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aaae;
$custom-light: #c1c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73761,
    "c": 0.00616,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAAE

secondary

#DAD9D8

accent

#7C588D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAAE

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

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