#A0AAA9#A0AAA9

#A0AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.011 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAA9
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(174, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(174, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -3.71, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 3.77, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.0112 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.011 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0319, 39.0873, 43.1747)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAA9 #AAA0A1

analogous

#A0AAA4 #A0AAA9 #A0A6AA

triadic

#A0AAA9 #A9A0AA #AAA9A0

tetradic

#A0AAA9 #A4A0AA #AAA0A1 #A6AAA0

square

#A0AAA9 #A4A0AA #AAA0A1 #A6AAA0

split-complementary

#A0AAA9 #AAA0A6 #AAA4A0

monochromatic

#626E6C #808D8C #A0AAA9 #C0C7C6 #E1E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A0AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A0AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAA9

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAA9	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.011 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c2',
    500: '#a0aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaa9;
$custom-light: #bcc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72976,
    "c": 0.01139,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAA9

secondary

#D5D1D2

accent

#565C8F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAA9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →