#A0A596#A0A596

#A0A596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.022 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A596
RGB	rgb(160, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(80, 8%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(80, 9%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -4.57, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 8.50, 122.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0117 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.022 122)
XYZ	xyz(33.4565, 36.5859, 34.1475)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A596 #9B96A5

analogous

#A5A396 #A0A596 #99A596

triadic

#A0A596 #96A0A5 #A596A0

tetradic

#A0A596 #96A5A3 #9B96A5 #A59699

square

#A0A596 #96A5A3 #9B96A5 #A59699

split-complementary

#A0A596 #9699A5 #A396A5

monochromatic

#636859 #828975 #A0A596 #BEC1B7 #DCDDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A0A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A0A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A596

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A596	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.022 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbfb4',
    500: '#a0a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a596;
$custom-light: #bcbfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71355,
    "c": 0.02203,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.36586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A596

secondary

#CAC9CE

accent

#549268

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A596

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

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