#A0A8A0#A0A8A0

#A0A8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.015 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A8A0
RGB	rgb(160, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -4.36, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 5.38, 144.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.012 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.015 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8438, 38.0167, 38.7532)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A8A0 #A8A0A8

analogous

#A4A8A0 #A0A8A0 #A0A8A4

triadic

#A0A8A0 #A0A0A8 #A8A0A0

tetradic

#A0A8A0 #A0A4A8 #A8A0A8 #A8A4A0

square

#A0A8A0 #A0A4A8 #A8A0A8 #A8A4A0

split-complementary

#A0A8A0 #A4A0A8 #A8A0A4

monochromatic

#626B62 #808B80 #A0A8A0 #C0C5C0 #E0E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A0A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A0A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A8A0

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A8A0	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.015 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1bc',
    500: '#a0a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a8a0;
$custom-light: #bcc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.01454,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A8A0

secondary

#D3D1D3

accent

#578E8E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A8A0

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

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