#A8AAB0#A8AAB0

#A8AAB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.009 H 271.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAB0
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 176)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(225, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, 0.45, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 3.36, 277.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0002 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.009 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3582, 40.2087, 46.8061)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAB0 #B0AEA8

analogous

#A8AEB0 #A8AAB0 #AAA8B0

triadic

#A8AAB0 #B0A8AA #AAB0A8

tetradic

#A8AAB0 #B0A8AE #B0AEA8 #A8B0AA

square

#A8AAB0 #B0A8AE #B0AEA8 #A8B0AA

split-complementary

#A8AAB0 #B0AAA8 #AEB0A8

monochromatic

#696C74 #888B93 #A8AAB0 #C8C9CD #E8E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8AAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A8AAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAB0

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAB0	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.009 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c7',
    500: '#a8aab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aab0;
$custom-light: #c1c3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73824,
    "c": 0.00887,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAB0

secondary

#DBDBD9

accent

#81578F

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAB0

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

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