#A8ACB2#A8ACB2

#A8ACB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.010 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACB2
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 178)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -0.24, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 3.57, 266.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.002 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.01 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9353, 41.0440, 47.9819)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACB2 #B2AEA8

analogous

#A8B1B2 #A8ACB2 #A9A8B2

triadic

#A8ACB2 #B2A8AC #ACB2A8

tetradic

#A8ACB2 #B2A8B1 #B2AEA8 #A8B2A9

square

#A8ACB2 #B2A8B1 #B2AEA8 #A8B2A9

split-complementary

#A8ACB2 #B2A9A8 #B1B2A8

monochromatic

#696E77 #888D95 #A8ACB2 #C8CBCF #E9EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A8ACB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A8ACB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACB2

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACB2	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.010 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4c9',
    500: '#a8acb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acb2;
$custom-light: #c1c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74305,
    "c": 0.00972,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACB2

secondary

#DCDBD9

accent

#795690

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACB2

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

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