#A8A8AD · near Dusty Blue

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#A8A8AD (RGB 168, 168, 173) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Dusty Blue and near Greige and Dust. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #A8A8AD a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 73% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 286°.

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HEX#A8A8AD
RGBrgb(168, 168, 173)
HSLhsl(240, 3%, 67%)
CMYK3, 3, 0, 32
CSS var--dusty-blue
Contrast2.37:1 white · 8.87:1 black

Similar named colors

Greige #B7AFA3Dusty Blue #8FA8BFDust #B6A28EMushroom #BDB0A0Heather #B7A9C9

How to use #A8A8AD

Black text passes WCAG AA on #A8A8AD (8.87:1); white text does not (2.37:1).

For a calm scheme pair #A8A8AD with its analogous neighbors #A8ABAD and #ABA8AD; for contrast use its complement #ADADA8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--dusty-blue: #A8A8AD;

Color card

#A8A8AD hex color card: near Dusty Blue, RGB 168, 168, 173
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Shades & tints

#222223#434345#656568#86868A#A8A8AD#B9B9BD#CBCBCE#DCDCDE#EEEEEF

Color harmonies for #A8A8AD

Complementary

#A8A8AD#ADADA8

Analogous

#A8A8AD#A8ABAD#ABA8AD

Triadic

#A8A8AD#ADA8A8#A8ADA8

Split complementary

#A8A8AD#ADABA8#ABADA8

Tetradic

#A8A8AD#ADA8AB#ADADA8#A8ADAB

Palettes with #A8A8AD