#A8B8A8#A8B8A8

#A8B8A8 is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.029 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B8A8
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(120, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(120, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -8.58, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 10.61, 143.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0235 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.029 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3554, 45.4325, 43.6815)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B8A8 #B8A8B8

analogous

#B0B8A8 #A8B8A8 #A8B8B0

triadic

#A8B8A8 #A8A8B8 #B8A8A8

tetradic

#A8B8A8 #A8B0B8 #B8A8B8 #B8B0A8

square

#A8B8A8 #A8B0B8 #B8A8B8 #B8B0A8

split-complementary

#A8B8A8 #B0A8B8 #B8A8B0

monochromatic

#677E67 #869D86 #A8B8A8 #CAD4CA #EBEFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8B8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#A8B8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B8A8

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B8A8	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.029 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cdc1',
    500: '#a8b8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b8a8;
$custom-light: #c1cdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76561,
    "c": 0.0286,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B8A8

secondary

#E0DCE0

accent

#519494

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F9F7

border

#D0D2D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B8A8

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

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