#A8B2B0#A8B2B0

#A8B2B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.012 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2B0
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(168, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -3.87, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 3.88, 182.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0115 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.012 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9037, 43.2999, 47.3213)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2B0 #B2A8AA

analogous

#A8B2AB #A8B2B0 #A8AFB2

triadic

#A8B2B0 #B0A8B2 #B2B0A8

tetradic

#A8B2B0 #ABA8B2 #B2A8AA #AFB2A8

square

#A8B2B0 #ABA8B2 #B2A8AA #AFB2A8

split-complementary

#A8B2B0 #B2A8AF #B2ABA8

monochromatic

#697774 #889593 #A8B2B0 #C8CFCD #E9EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8B2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#A8B2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2B0

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2B0	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.012 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c9c7',
    500: '#a8b2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2b0;
$custom-light: #c1c9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75508,
    "c": 0.01155,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2B0

secondary

#DCD9DA

accent

#566190

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2B0

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

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