#A0A8A6#A0A8A6

#A0A8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A8A6
RGB	rgb(160, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(165, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -3.21, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 3.21, 179.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0095 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.01 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3814, 38.2318, 41.5844)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A8A6 #A8A0A2

analogous

#A0A8A2 #A0A8A6 #A0A6A8

triadic

#A0A8A6 #A6A0A8 #A8A6A0

tetradic

#A0A8A6 #A2A0A8 #A8A0A2 #A6A8A0

square

#A0A8A6 #A2A0A8 #A8A0A2 #A6A8A0

split-complementary

#A0A8A6 #A8A0A6 #A8A2A0

monochromatic

#626B69 #808B88 #A0A8A6 #C0C5C4 #E0E3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A0A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#A0A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A8A6

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A8A6	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1c0',
    500: '#a0a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a8a6;
$custom-light: #bcc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.0095,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A8A6

secondary

#D3D1D1

accent

#57658E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A8A6

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

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