#A8ACA8#A8ACA8

#A8ACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACA8
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -2.17, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 2.67, 144.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.006 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9676, 40.6569, 42.8855)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACA8 #ACA8AC

analogous

#AAACA8 #A8ACA8 #A8ACAA

triadic

#A8ACA8 #A8A8AC #ACA8A8

tetradic

#A8ACA8 #A8AAAC #ACA8AC #ACAAA8

square

#A8ACA8 #A8AAAC #ACA8AC #ACAAA8

split-complementary

#A8ACA8 #AAA8AC #ACA8AA

monochromatic

#6A6F6A #898E89 #A8ACA8 #C7CAC7 #E7E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A8ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACA8

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACA8	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4c1',
    500: '#a8aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aca8;
$custom-light: #c1c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74001,
    "c": 0.00723,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACA8

secondary

#D9D7D9

accent

#598C8C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACA8

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

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