#A8AAB4#A8AAB4

#A8AAB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AAB4
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 180)
HSL	hsl(230, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(230, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 1.25, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 5.51, 283.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% 0.0018 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(38.7598, 40.3694, 48.9212)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AAB4 #B4B2A8

analogous

#A8B0B4 #A8AAB4 #ACA8B4

triadic

#A8AAB4 #B4A8AA #AAB4A8

tetradic

#A8AAB4 #B4A8B0 #B4B2A8 #A8B4AC

square

#A8AAB4 #B4A8B0 #B4B2A8 #A8B4AC

split-complementary

#A8AAB4 #B4ACA8 #B0B4A8

monochromatic

#686B79 #878A98 #A8AAB4 #C9CAD0 #EAEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8AAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8AAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AAB4

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AAB4	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	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)

#A8ABB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c3ca',
    500: '#a8aab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aab4;
$custom-light: #c1c3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.01447,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.4037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AAB4

secondary

#DEDDDA

accent

#875491

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AAB4

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

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