#A8B2AA#A8B2AA

#A8B2AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.016 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2AA
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(132, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(132, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -5.02, 2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 5.79, 150.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.014 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.016 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3232, 43.0676, 44.2636)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2AA #B2A8B0

analogous

#ABB2A8 #A8B2AA #A8B2AF

triadic

#A8B2AA #AAA8B2 #B2AAA8

tetradic

#A8B2AA #A8ABB2 #B2A8B0 #B2AFA8

square

#A8B2AA #A8ABB2 #B2A8B0 #B2AFA8

split-complementary

#A8B2AA #AFA8B2 #B2A8AB

monochromatic

#69776C #88958A #A8B2AA #C8CFCA #E9EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#A8B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2AA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2AA	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.016 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c9c3',
    500: '#a8b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2aa;
$custom-light: #c1c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.01588,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2AA

secondary

#DCD9DC

accent

#568490

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2AA

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

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