#A0A8AE#A0A8AE

#A0A8AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.013 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A8AE
RGB	rgb(160, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(206, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(206, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -1.62, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 4.37, 248.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0063 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.013 240)
XYZ	xyz(36.1382, 38.5345, 45.5702)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A8AE #AEA6A0

analogous

#A0AEAD #A0A8AE #A0A1AE

triadic

#A0A8AE #AEA0A8 #A8AEA0

tetradic

#A0A8AE #ADA0AE #AEA6A0 #A1AEA0

square

#A0A8AE #ADA0AE #AEA6A0 #A1AEA0

split-complementary

#A0A8AE #AEA0A1 #AEADA0

monochromatic

#616B72 #7F8A92 #A0A8AE #C1C6CA #E2E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A0A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#A0A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A8AE

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A8AE	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.013 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1c6',
    500: '#a0a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a8ae;
$custom-light: #bcc1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72706,
    "c": 0.01258,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A8AE

secondary

#D7D5D3

accent

#6E5492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A8AE

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

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