#A8AAB2#A8AAB2

#A8AAB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.012 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAB2
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 178)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, 0.85, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 4.43, 281.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% 0.001 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.012 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5575, 40.2885, 47.8560)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAB2 #B2B0A8

analogous

#A8AFB2 #A8AAB2 #ABA8B2

triadic

#A8AAB2 #B2A8AA #AAB2A8

tetradic

#A8AAB2 #B2A8AF #B2B0A8 #A8B2AB

square

#A8AAB2 #B2A8AF #B2B0A8 #A8B2AB

split-complementary

#A8AAB2 #B2ABA8 #AFB2A8

monochromatic

#696C77 #888A95 #A8AAB2 #C8CACF #E9E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8AAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A8AAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAB2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAB2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.012 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c9',
    500: '#a8aab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aab2;
$custom-light: #c1c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAB2

secondary

#DCDCD9

accent

#845690

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAB2

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

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