#A8B4AC#A8B4AC

#A8B4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.017 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B4AC
RGB	rgb(168, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(140, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -5.71, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 6.29, 155.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0161 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.017 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9146, 43.9455, 45.4012)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B4AC #B4A8B0

analogous

#AAB4A8 #A8B4AC #A8B4B2

triadic

#A8B4AC #ACA8B4 #B4ACA8

tetradic

#A8B4AC #A8AAB4 #B4A8B0 #B4B2A8

square

#A8B4AC #A8AAB4 #B4A8B0 #B4B2A8

split-complementary

#A8B4AC #B2A8B4 #B4A8AA

monochromatic

#68796E #87988D #A8B4AC #C9D0CB #EAEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A8B4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#A8B4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B4AC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B4AC	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.017 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cac4',
    500: '#a8b4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b4ac;
$custom-light: #c1cac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75816,
    "c": 0.01748,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B4AC

secondary

#DEDADD

accent

#547D91

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B4AC

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

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