#A8AEA6#A8AEA6

#A8AEA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.013 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEA6
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(105, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(105, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -3.62, 3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 4.95, 137.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0097 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.013 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1662, 41.3500, 42.0396)
Luminance	0.4135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEA6 #ACA6AE

analogous

#ACAEA6 #A8AEA6 #A6AEA8

triadic

#A8AEA6 #A6A8AE #AEA6A8

tetradic

#A8AEA6 #A6ACAE #ACA6AE #AEA8A6

square

#A8AEA6 #A6ACAE #ACA6AE #AEA8A6

split-complementary

#A8AEA6 #A8A6AE #AEA6AC

monochromatic

#6A7268 #899186 #A8AEA6 #C7CBC6 #E7E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A8AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#A8AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEA6

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEA6	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEACA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.013 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c0',
    500: '#a8aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aea6;
$custom-light: #c1c6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.01315,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEA6

secondary

#D9D7D9

accent

#578F81

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEA6

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

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