#A8AEAD#A8AEAD

#A8AEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.007 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEAD
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(170, 4%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(170, 3%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -2.30, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 2.31, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0069 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.007 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8259, 41.6139, 45.5139)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEAD #AEA8A9

analogous

#A8AEAA #A8AEAD #A8ACAE

triadic

#A8AEAD #ADA8AE #AEADA8

tetradic

#A8AEAD #AAA8AE #AEA8A9 #ACAEA8

square

#A8AEAD #AAA8AE #AEA8A9 #ACAEA8

split-complementary

#A8AEAD #AEA8AC #AEAAA8

monochromatic

#6A7270 #88908F #A8AEAD #C8CCCB #E7E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A8AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEAD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEAD	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.007 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c5',
    500: '#a8aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aead;
$custom-light: #c1c6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 3.571,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74572,
    "c": 0.00692,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEAD

secondary

#DAD8D8

accent

#58618D

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEAD

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

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