#A0A6AE#A0A6AE

#A0A6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.013 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A6AE
RGB	rgb(160, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(214, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(214, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -0.53, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 4.89, 263.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.0034 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.013 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7718, 37.8017, 45.4481)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A6AE #AEA8A0

analogous

#A0ADAE #A0A6AE #A1A0AE

triadic

#A0A6AE #AEA0A6 #A6AEA0

tetradic

#A0A6AE #AEA0AD #AEA8A0 #A0AEA1

square

#A0A6AE #AEA0AD #AEA8A0 #A0AEA1

split-complementary

#A0A6AE #AEA1A0 #ADAEA0

monochromatic

#616972 #7F8792 #A0A6AE #C1C5CA #E2E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A0A6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A0A6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A6AE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A6AE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.013 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc0c6',
    500: '#a0a6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a6ae;
$custom-light: #bcc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72282,
    "c": 0.01345,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A6AE

secondary

#D7D5D3

accent

#775492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A6AE

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

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