#A8ACA6#A8ACA6

#A8ACA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.010 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACA6
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(100, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(100, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -2.55, 2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 3.63, 134.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0068 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.01 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7827, 40.5830, 41.9118)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACA6 #AAA6AC

analogous

#ABACA6 #A8ACA6 #A6ACA7

triadic

#A8ACA6 #A6A8AC #ACA6A8

tetradic

#A8ACA6 #A6ABAC #AAA6AC #ACA7A6

square

#A8ACA6 #A6ABAC #AAA6AC #ACA7A6

split-complementary

#A8ACA6 #A7A6AC #ACA6AB

monochromatic

#6B7068 #898E86 #A8ACA6 #C7CAC6 #E6E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#A8ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACA6

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACA6	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.010 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4c0',
    500: '#a8aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aca6;
$custom-light: #c1c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73943,
    "c": 0.0096,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACA6

secondary

#D7D6D8

accent

#588D7C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACA6

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

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