#A0A4AE#A0A4AE

#A0A4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.015 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4AE
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(223, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(223, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 0.57, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 5.68, 275.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0004 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.015 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4111, 37.0802, 45.3278)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4AE #AEAAA0

analogous

#A0ABAE #A0A4AE #A3A0AE

triadic

#A0A4AE #AEA0A4 #A4AEA0

tetradic

#A0A4AE #AEA0AB #AEAAA0 #A0AEA3

square

#A0A4AE #AEA0AB #AEAAA0 #A0AEA3

split-complementary

#A0A4AE #AEA3A0 #ABAEA0

monochromatic

#616672 #7F8492 #A0A4AE #C1C4CA #E2E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A0A4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#A0A4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4AE

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4AE	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.015 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbec6',
    500: '#a0a4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4ae;
$custom-light: #bcbec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.01515,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4AE

secondary

#D7D6D3

accent

#805492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4AE

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

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