#A0A496#A0A496

#A0A496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.020 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A496
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 150)
HSL	hsl(77, 7%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(77, 9%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -4.03, 6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 7.88, 120.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0102 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.02 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2769, 36.2265, 34.0876)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A496 #9A96A4

analogous

#A4A196 #A0A496 #99A496

triadic

#A0A496 #96A0A4 #A496A0

tetradic

#A0A496 #96A4A1 #9A96A4 #A49699

square

#A0A496 #96A4A1 #9A96A4 #A49699

split-complementary

#A0A496 #9699A4 #A196A4

monochromatic

#636759 #828775 #A0A496 #BEC0B7 #DBDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A0A496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A0A496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A496

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A496	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.020 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfb4',
    500: '#a0a496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a496;
$custom-light: #bcbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7114,
    "c": 0.0204,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A496

secondary

#CAC8CE

accent

#549166

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A496

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

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