#A8AAB3#A8AAB3

#A8AAB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.013 H 276.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAB3
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 179)
HSL	hsl(229, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(229, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 1.05, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 4.97, 282.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0014 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.013 276)
XYZ	xyz(38.6583, 40.3288, 48.3867)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAB3 #B3B1A8

analogous

#A8AFB3 #A8AAB3 #ABA8B3

triadic

#A8AAB3 #B3A8AA #AAB3A8

tetradic

#A8AAB3 #B3A8AF #B3B1A8 #A8B3AB

square

#A8AAB3 #B3A8AF #B3B1A8 #A8B3AB

split-complementary

#A8AAB3 #B3ABA8 #AFB3A8

monochromatic

#696B78 #878A96 #A8AAB3 #C9CAD0 #E9EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A8AAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8AAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAB3

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAB3	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.013 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3c9',
    500: '#a8aab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aab3;
$custom-light: #c1c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 6.748,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73919,
    "c": 0.01306,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.40329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAB3

secondary

#DDDCDA

accent

#865591

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAB3

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

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