#A0A2AA#A0A2AA

#A0A2AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.012 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A2AA
RGB	rgb(160, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 0.86, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 4.47, 281.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.001 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.012 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6718, 36.2164, 43.1863)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A2AA #AAA8A0

analogous

#A0A7AA #A0A2AA #A3A0AA

triadic

#A0A2AA #AAA0A2 #A2AAA0

tetradic

#A0A2AA #AAA0A7 #AAA8A0 #A0AAA3

square

#A0A2AA #AAA0A7 #AAA8A0 #A0AAA3

split-complementary

#A0A2AA #AAA3A0 #A7AAA0

monochromatic

#62646E #80828D #A0A2AA #C0C2C7 #E1E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A0A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A0A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A2AA

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A2AA	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.012 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbdc3',
    500: '#a0a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a2aa;
$custom-light: #bcbdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7131,
    "c": 0.01176,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A2AA

secondary

#D5D4D1

accent

#84568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A2AA

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

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