#A8B2AC#A8B2AC

#A8B2AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.014 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2AC
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(144, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(144, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -4.64, 1.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 5.00, 158.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0132 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.014 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5138, 43.1439, 45.2676)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2AC #B2A8AE

analogous

#A9B2A8 #A8B2AC #A8B2B1

triadic

#A8B2AC #ACA8B2 #B2ACA8

tetradic

#A8B2AC #A8A9B2 #B2A8AE #B2B1A8

square

#A8B2AC #A8A9B2 #B2A8AE #B2B1A8

split-complementary

#A8B2AC #B1A8B2 #B2A8A9

monochromatic

#69776E #88958D #A8B2AC #C8CFCB #E9EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#A8B2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2AC

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2AC	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.014 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c9c4',
    500: '#a8b2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2ac;
$custom-light: #c1c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7539,
    "c": 0.01402,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2AC

secondary

#DCD9DB

accent

#567990

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2AC

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

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