#A8B0AE#A8B0AE

#A8B0AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B0AE
RGB	rgb(168, 176, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -3.19, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 3.19, 179.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0094 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3123, 42.4312, 46.1551)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B0AE #B0A8AA

analogous

#A8B0AA #A8B0AE #A8AEB0

triadic

#A8B0AE #AEA8B0 #B0AEA8

tetradic

#A8B0AE #AAA8B0 #B0A8AA #AEB0A8

square

#A8B0AE #AAA8B0 #B0A8AA #AEB0A8

split-complementary

#A8B0AE #B0A8AE #B0AAA8

monochromatic

#697471 #889390 #A8B0AE #C8CDCC #E8EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A8B0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A8B0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B0AE

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B0AE	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 176, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c7c6',
    500: '#a8b0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b0ae;
$custom-light: #c1c7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75024,
    "c": 0.00943,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B0AE

secondary

#DBD9D9

accent

#57658F

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B0AE

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

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