#A0A4AC#A0A4AC

#A0A4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.012 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4AC
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(220, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(220, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 0.16, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 4.63, 272.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0012 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.012 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2176, 37.0028, 44.3086)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4AC #ACA8A0

analogous

#A0AAAC #A0A4AC #A2A0AC

triadic

#A0A4AC #ACA0A4 #A4ACA0

tetradic

#A0A4AC #ACA0AA #ACA8A0 #A0ACA2

square

#A0A4AC #ACA0AA #ACA8A0 #A0ACA2

split-complementary

#A0A4AC #ACA2A0 #AAACA0

monochromatic

#626670 #7F858F #A0A4AC #C1C3C9 #E1E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A0A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A0A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4AC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4AC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.012 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbec4',
    500: '#a0a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4ac;
$custom-light: #bcbec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71796,
    "c": 0.01243,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4AC

secondary

#D6D5D2

accent

#7D5591

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4AC

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

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