#A0A09E#A0A09E

#A0A09E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.003 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A09E
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -0.38, 1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 1.11, 110.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0008 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.003 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2386, 35.0838, 37.3619)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A09E #9E9EA0

analogous

#A09F9E #A0A09E #9FA09E

triadic

#A0A09E #9EA0A0 #A09EA0

tetradic

#A0A09E #9EA09F #9E9EA0 #A09E9F

square

#A0A09E #9EA09F #9E9EA0 #A09E9F

split-complementary

#A0A09E #9E9FA0 #9F9EA0

monochromatic

#636361 #82827F #A0A09E #BEBEBD #DDDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A0A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A0A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A09E

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A09E	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.003 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcba',
    500: '#a0a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a09e;
$custom-light: #bcbcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70515,
    "c": 0.00287,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A09E

secondary

#CDCDCD

accent

#5B8B5B

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A09E

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

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