#A0A4AA#A0A4AA

#A0A4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.010 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4AA
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(216, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(216, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -0.24, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 3.60, 266.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.002 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.01 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0269, 36.9266, 43.3046)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4AA #AAA6A0

analogous

#A0A9AA #A0A4AA #A1A0AA

triadic

#A0A4AA #AAA0A4 #A4AAA0

tetradic

#A0A4AA #AAA0A9 #AAA6A0 #A0AAA1

square

#A0A4AA #AAA0A9 #AAA6A0 #A0AAA1

split-complementary

#A0A4AA #AAA1A0 #A9AAA0

monochromatic

#62676E #80858D #A0A4AA #C0C3C7 #E1E2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A0A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A0A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4AA

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4AA	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.010 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfc3',
    500: '#a0a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4aa;
$custom-light: #bcbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71732,
    "c": 0.00981,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4AA

secondary

#D5D3D1

accent

#78568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4AA

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

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