#A8B6AE#A8B6AE

#A8B6AE is a light, near-neutral green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.019 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B6AE
RGB	rgb(168, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(146, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(146, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -6.39, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 6.83, 159.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0181 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.019 161)
XYZ	xyz(40.5148, 44.8363, 46.5560)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B6AE #B6A8B0

analogous

#A9B6A8 #A8B6AE #A8B6B5

triadic

#A8B6AE #AEA8B6 #B6AEA8

tetradic

#A8B6AE #A8A9B6 #B6A8B0 #B6B5A8

square

#A8B6AE #A8A9B6 #B6A8B0 #B6B5A8

split-complementary

#A8B6AE #B5A8B6 #B6A8A9

monochromatic

#687C70 #879A8F #A8B6AE #C9D2CD #EBEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A8B6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#A8B6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B6AE

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B6AE	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.019 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cbc6',
    500: '#a8b6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b6ae;
$custom-light: #c1cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 8.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.0192,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.44837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B6AE

secondary

#DFDBDD

accent

#537793

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B6AE

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

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