#A0AA9C#A0AA9C

#A0AA9C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.023 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AA9C
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(103, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(103, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -6.18, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 8.62, 135.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0166 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.023 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8716, 38.6231, 37.0639)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AA9C #A69CAA

analogous

#A7AA9C #A0AA9C #9CAA9F

triadic

#A0AA9C #9CA0AA #AA9CA0

tetradic

#A0AA9C #9CA7AA #A69CAA #AA9F9C

square

#A0AA9C #9CA7AA #A69CAA #AA9F9C

split-complementary

#A0AA9C #9F9CAA #AA9CA7

monochromatic

#626E5E #808E7B #A0AA9C #C0C6BD #DFE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A0AA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A0AA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AA9C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AA9C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.023 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3b9',
    500: '#a0aa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aa9c;
$custom-light: #bcc3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 102.857,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72598,
    "c": 0.02283,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AA9C

secondary

#D2CED3

accent

#549280

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AA9C

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

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