#A0AAA6#A0AAA6

#A0AAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAA6
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -4.30, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 4.38, 168.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0124 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7535, 38.9759, 41.7085)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAA6 #AAA0A4

analogous

#A0AAA1 #A0AAA6 #A0A9AA

triadic

#A0AAA6 #A6A0AA #AAA6A0

tetradic

#A0AAA6 #A1A0AA #AAA0A4 #A9AAA0

square

#A0AAA6 #A1A0AA #AAA0A4 #A9AAA0

split-complementary

#A0AAA6 #AAA0A9 #AAA1A0

monochromatic

#626E69 #808D88 #A0AAA6 #C0C7C4 #E1E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A0AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#A0AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAA6

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAA6	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c0',
    500: '#a0aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaa6;
$custom-light: #bcc3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.01264,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAA6

secondary

#D5D1D3

accent

#566D8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAA6

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

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