#A8AEAA#A8AEAA

#A8AEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEAA
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(140, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -2.87, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 3.16, 155.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0081 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(38.5389, 41.4990, 44.0022)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEAA #AEA8AC

analogous

#A9AEA8 #A8AEAA #A8AEAD

triadic

#A8AEAA #AAA8AE #AEAAA8

tetradic

#A8AEAA #A8A9AE #AEA8AC #AEADA8

square

#A8AEAA #A8A9AE #AEA8AC #AEADA8

split-complementary

#A8AEAA #ADA8AE #AEA8A9

monochromatic

#6A726C #88908B #A8AEAA #C8CCC9 #E7E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A8AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#A8AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEAA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEAA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEADAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c3',
    500: '#a8aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeaa;
$custom-light: #c1c6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74483,
    "c": 0.0088,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.41499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEAA

secondary

#DAD8D9

accent

#587C8D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEAA

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

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