#A0A8A8#A0A8A8

#A0A8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A8A8
RGB	rgb(160, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -2.82, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 2.99, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0087 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(35.5663, 38.3057, 42.5582)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A8A8 #A8A0A0

analogous

#A0A8A4 #A0A8A8 #A0A4A8

triadic

#A0A8A8 #A8A0A8 #A8A8A0

tetradic

#A0A8A8 #A4A0A8 #A8A0A0 #A4A8A0

square

#A0A8A8 #A4A0A8 #A8A0A0 #A4A8A0

split-complementary

#A0A8A8 #A8A0A4 #A8A4A0

monochromatic

#626B6B #808B8B #A0A8A8 #C0C5C5 #E0E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A0A8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A0A8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A8A8

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A8A8	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1c1',
    500: '#a0a8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a8a8;
$custom-light: #bcc1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72519,
    "c": 0.00909,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A8A8

secondary

#D3D1D1

accent

#57578E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A8A8

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

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