#A8B4AA#A8B4AA

#A8B4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.019 H 150.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4AA
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(130, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(130, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -6.09, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 7.10, 148.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0169 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.019 150.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7240, 43.8693, 44.3972)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4AA #B4A8B2

analogous

#ACB4A8 #A8B4AA #A8B4B0

triadic

#A8B4AA #AAA8B4 #B4AAA8

tetradic

#A8B4AA #A8ACB4 #B4A8B2 #B4B0A8

square

#A8B4AA #A8ACB4 #B4A8B2 #B4B0A8

split-complementary

#A8B4AA #B0A8B4 #B4A8AC

monochromatic

#68796B #87988A #A8B4AA #C9D0CA #EAEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8B4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A8B4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4AA

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4AA	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.019 150.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cac3',
    500: '#a8b4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4aa;
$custom-light: #c1cac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75759,
    "c": 0.01941,
    "h": 150.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4AA

secondary

#DEDADD

accent

#548791

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4AA

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

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