#A0A2AE#A0A2AE

#A0A2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.017 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A2AE
RGB	rgb(160, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(231, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, 1.67, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 6.66, 284.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0026 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.017 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0560, 36.3700, 45.2094)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A2AE #AEACA0

analogous

#A0A9AE #A0A2AE #A5A0AE

triadic

#A0A2AE #AEA0A2 #A2AEA0

tetradic

#A0A2AE #AEA0A9 #AEACA0 #A0AEA5

square

#A0A2AE #AEA0A9 #AEACA0 #A0AEA5

split-complementary

#A0A2AE #AEA5A0 #A9AEA0

monochromatic

#616472 #7F8292 #A0A2AE #C1C2CA #E2E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A0A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A0A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A2AE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A2AE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.017 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbdc6',
    500: '#a0a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a2ae;
$custom-light: #bcbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7144,
    "c": 0.01746,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A2AE

secondary

#D7D7D3

accent

#895492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A2AE

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

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