#A8B8A6#A8B8A6

#A8B8A6 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.031 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B8A6
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(113, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(113, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.13, -8.94, 7.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.13, 11.52, 140.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0243 0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.031 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1706, 45.3586, 42.7077)
Luminance	0.4536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B8A6 #B6A6B8

analogous

#B1B8A6 #A8B8A6 #A6B8AD

triadic

#A8B8A6 #A6A8B8 #B8A6A8

tetradic

#A8B8A6 #A6B1B8 #B6A6B8 #B8ADA6

square

#A8B8A6 #A6B1B8 #B6A6B8 #B8ADA6

split-complementary

#A8B8A6 #ADA6B8 #B8A6B1

monochromatic

#687F65 #879D84 #A8B8A6 #C9D3C8 #EBEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8B8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#A8B8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B8A6

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B8A6	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.031 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cdc0',
    500: '#a8b8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b8a6;
$custom-light: #c1cdc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.333,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76506,
    "c": 0.03083,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B8A6

secondary

#DFDAE0

accent

#50958E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B8A6

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

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