#A0AAA0#A0AAA0

#A0AAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.018 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAA0
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -5.44, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 6.72, 144.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0149 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.018 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2159, 38.7609, 38.8772)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAA0 #AAA0AA

analogous

#A5AAA0 #A0AAA0 #A0AAA5

triadic

#A0AAA0 #A0A0AA #AAA0A0

tetradic

#A0AAA0 #A0A5AA #AAA0AA #AAA5A0

square

#A0AAA0 #A0A5AA #AAA0AA #AAA5A0

split-complementary

#A0AAA0 #A5A0AA #AAA0A5

monochromatic

#626E62 #808D80 #A0AAA0 #C0C7C0 #E1E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A0AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A0AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAA0

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAA0	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.018 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3bc',
    500: '#a0aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaa0;
$custom-light: #bcc3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.01813,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAA0

secondary

#D5D1D5

accent

#568F8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAA0

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

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