#A8AEB2#A8AEB2

#A8AEB2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB2
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(204, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -1.33, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 3.08, 244.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0049 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3188, 41.8110, 48.1097)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB2 #B2ACA8

analogous

#A8B2B1 #A8AEB2 #A8A9B2

triadic

#A8AEB2 #B2A8AE #AEB2A8

tetradic

#A8AEB2 #B1A8B2 #B2ACA8 #A9B2A8

square

#A8AEB2 #B1A8B2 #B2ACA8 #A9B2A8

split-complementary

#A8AEB2 #B2A8A9 #B2B1A8

monochromatic

#697177 #889095 #A8AEB2 #C8CCCF #E9EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A8AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c9',
    500: '#a8aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb2;
$custom-light: #c1c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74725,
    "c": 0.0089,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB2

secondary

#DCDBD9

accent

#6D5690

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB2

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

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