#A8AEB4#A8AEB4

#A8AEB4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.011 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AEB4
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(210, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -0.93, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 3.91, 256.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.0041 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.011 248)
XYZ	xyz(39.5211, 41.8919, 49.1750)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AEB4 #B4AEA8

analogous

#A8B4B4 #A8AEB4 #A8A8B4

triadic

#A8AEB4 #B4A8AE #AEB4A8

tetradic

#A8AEB4 #B4A8B4 #B4AEA8 #A8B4A8

square

#A8AEB4 #B4A8B4 #B4AEA8 #A8B4A8

split-complementary

#A8AEB4 #B4A8A8 #B4B4A8

monochromatic

#687179 #878F98 #A8AEB4 #C9CDD0 #EAEBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#A8AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AEB4

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AEB4	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.011 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c6ca',
    500: '#a8aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aeb4;
$custom-light: #c1c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74787,
    "c": 0.01097,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AEB4

secondary

#DEDCDA

accent

#735491

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AEB4

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

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