#A8AEB3#A8AEB3

#A8AEB3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.010 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB3
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(207, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(207, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -1.13, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 3.48, 251.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0045 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.01 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4196, 41.8513, 48.6404)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB3 #B3ADA8

analogous

#A8B3B2 #A8AEB3 #A8A8B3

triadic

#A8AEB3 #B3A8AE #AEB3A8

tetradic

#A8AEB3 #B2A8B3 #B3ADA8 #A8B3A8

square

#A8AEB3 #B2A8B3 #B3ADA8 #A8B3A8

split-complementary

#A8AEB3 #B3A8A8 #B3B2A8

monochromatic

#697178 #879096 #A8AEB3 #C9CCD0 #E9EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#A8AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB3

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB3	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.010 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6c9',
    500: '#a8aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb3;
$custom-light: #c1c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 6.748,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74756,
    "c": 0.00989,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB3

secondary

#DDDBDA

accent

#705591

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB3

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

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