#A0AAA8#A0AAA8

#A0AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.012 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAA8
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(168, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -3.91, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 3.91, 182.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0116 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.012 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9384, 39.0498, 42.6822)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAA8 #AAA0A2

analogous

#A0AAA3 #A0AAA8 #A0A7AA

triadic

#A0AAA8 #A8A0AA #AAA8A0

tetradic

#A0AAA8 #A3A0AA #AAA0A2 #A7AAA0

square

#A0AAA8 #A3A0AA #AAA0A2 #A7AAA0

split-complementary

#A0AAA8 #AAA0A7 #AAA3A0

monochromatic

#626E6B #808D8A #A0AAA8 #C0C7C6 #E1E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A0AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A0AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAA8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAA8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.012 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c1',
    500: '#a0aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaa8;
$custom-light: #bcc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.01164,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAA8

secondary

#D5D1D2

accent

#56628F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAA8

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

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