#A0AAA5#A0AAA5

#A0AAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAA5
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(150, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(150, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -4.49, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 4.69, 163.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0129 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.013 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6621, 38.9393, 41.2272)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAA5 #AAA0A5

analogous

#A0AAA0 #A0AAA5 #A0AAAA

triadic

#A0AAA5 #A5A0AA #AAA5A0

tetradic

#A0AAA5 #A0A0AA #AAA0A5 #AAAAA0

square

#A0AAA5 #A0A0AA #AAA0A5 #AAAAA0

split-complementary

#A0AAA5 #AAA0AA #AAA0A0

monochromatic

#626E68 #808D86 #A0AAA5 #C0C7C4 #E1E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A0AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#A0AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAA5

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAA5	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3bf',
    500: '#a0aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaa5;
$custom-light: #bcc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.01334,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAA5

secondary

#D5D1D3

accent

#56738F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAA5

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

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