#A8AEA8#A8AEA8

#A8AEA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEA8
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 3.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -3.25, 2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 4.00, 144.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0089 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3511, 41.4239, 43.0134)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEA8 #AEA8AE

analogous

#ABAEA8 #A8AEA8 #A8AEAB

triadic

#A8AEA8 #A8A8AE #AEA8A8

tetradic

#A8AEA8 #A8ABAE #AEA8AE #AEABA8

square

#A8AEA8 #A8ABAE #AEA8AE #AEABA8

split-complementary

#A8AEA8 #ABA8AE #AEA8AB

monochromatic

#6A726A #889088 #A8AEA8 #C8CCC8 #E7E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8AEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A8AEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEA8

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEA8	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c1',
    500: '#a8aea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aea8;
$custom-light: #c1c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74424,
    "c": 0.01083,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEA8

secondary

#DAD8DA

accent

#588D8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEA8

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

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