#A8AEB0#A8AEB0

#A8AEB0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.007 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB0
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 176)
HSL	hsl(195, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(195, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -1.72, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 2.46, 225.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0057 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.007 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.1195, 41.7313, 47.0599)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB0 #B0AAA8

analogous

#A8B0AE #A8AEB0 #A8AAB0

triadic

#A8AEB0 #B0A8AE #AEB0A8

tetradic

#A8AEB0 #AEA8B0 #B0AAA8 #AAB0A8

square

#A8AEB0 #AEA8B0 #B0AAA8 #AAB0A8

split-complementary

#A8AEB0 #B0A8AA #B0AEA8

monochromatic

#697174 #889093 #A8AEB0 #C8CCCD #E8EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8AEB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A8AEB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB0	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.007 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c7',
    500: '#a8aeb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb0;
$custom-light: #c1c6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74663,
    "c": 0.00739,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB0

secondary

#DBD9D9

accent

#65578F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB0

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

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