#A8B8AE#A8B8AE

#A8B8AE is a light, muted green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.023 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8B8AE
RGB	rgb(168, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(143, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(143, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -7.45, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 8.11, 156.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.021 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.023 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9273, 45.6613, 46.6935)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8B8AE #B8A8B2

analogous

#AAB8A8 #A8B8AE #A8B8B6

triadic

#A8B8AE #AEA8B8 #B8AEA8

tetradic

#A8B8AE #A8AAB8 #B8A8B2 #B8B6A8

square

#A8B8AE #A8AAB8 #B8A8B2 #B8B6A8

split-complementary

#A8B8AE #B6A8B8 #B8A8AA

monochromatic

#677E70 #869D8F #A8B8AE #CAD4CD #EBEFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A8B8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#A8B8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8B8AE

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8B8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8B8AE	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8b8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.023 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1cdc6',
    500: '#a8b8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8b8ae;
$custom-light: #c1cdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8b8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.5,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76728,
    "c": 0.02261,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8B8AE

secondary

#E0DCDE

accent

#517B94

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F8

border

#D0D2D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8B8AE

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

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