#A8B2B2#A8B2B2

#A8B2B2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.011 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B2B2
RGB	rgb(168, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -3.48, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 3.69, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0107 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.011 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1031, 43.3796, 48.3712)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B2B2 #B2A8A8

analogous

#A8B2AD #A8B2B2 #A8ADB2

triadic

#A8B2B2 #B2A8B2 #B2B2A8

tetradic

#A8B2B2 #ADA8B2 #B2A8A8 #ADB2A8

square

#A8B2B2 #ADA8B2 #B2A8A8 #ADB2A8

split-complementary

#A8B2B2 #B2A8AD #B2ADA8

monochromatic

#697777 #889595 #A8B2B2 #C8CFCF #E9EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A8B2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#A8B2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B2B2

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B2B2	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAFB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.011 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c9c9',
    500: '#a8b2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b2b2;
$custom-light: #c1c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.098,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.01122,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B2B2

secondary

#DCD9D9

accent

#565690

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B2B2

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

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