#A8ABA2#A8ABA2

#A8ABA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.013 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ABA2
RGB	rgb(168, 171, 162)
HSL	hsl(80, 5%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(80, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -2.74, 4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 5.06, 122.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0069 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.013 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2319, 40.0593, 39.9462)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ABA2 #A5A2AB

analogous

#ABA9A2 #A8ABA2 #A3ABA2

triadic

#A8ABA2 #A2A8AB #ABA2A8

tetradic

#A8ABA2 #A2ABA9 #A5A2AB #ABA2A3

square

#A8ABA2 #A2ABA9 #A5A2AB #ABA2A3

split-complementary

#A8ABA2 #A2A3AB #A9A2AB

monochromatic

#6B6F64 #8A8E82 #A8ABA2 #C6C8C2 #E4E5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A8ABA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A8ABA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ABA2

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ABA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ABA2	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 171, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.013 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4bd',
    500: '#a8aba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aba2;
$custom-light: #c1c4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 5.085,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ABA2

secondary

#D4D3D6

accent

#578F69

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ABA2

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

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