#A8B2AE#A8B2AE

#A8B2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2AE
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -4.26, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 4.34, 168.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0123 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7073, 43.2213, 46.2868)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2AE #B2A8AC

analogous

#A8B2A9 #A8B2AE #A8B1B2

triadic

#A8B2AE #AEA8B2 #B2AEA8

tetradic

#A8B2AE #A9A8B2 #B2A8AC #B1B2A8

square

#A8B2AE #A9A8B2 #B2A8AC #B1B2A8

split-complementary

#A8B2AE #B2A8B1 #B2A9A8

monochromatic

#697771 #889590 #A8B2AE #C8CFCC #E9EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A8B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#A8B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2AE

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2AE	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c9c6',
    500: '#a8b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2ae;
$custom-light: #c1c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75448,
    "c": 0.01254,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2AE

secondary

#DCD9DB

accent

#566D90

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2AE

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

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