#A0AAAA#A0AAAA

#A0AAAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.011 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAAA
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 170)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -3.51, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 3.72, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0108 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.011 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1261, 39.1249, 43.6710)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAAA #AAA0A0

analogous

#A0AAA5 #A0AAAA #A0A5AA

triadic

#A0AAAA #AAA0AA #AAAAA0

tetradic

#A0AAAA #A5A0AA #AAA0A0 #A5AAA0

square

#A0AAAA #A5A0AA #AAA0A0 #A5AAA0

split-complementary

#A0AAAA #AAA0A5 #AAA5A0

monochromatic

#626E6E #808D8D #A0AAAA #C0C7C7 #E1E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A0AAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A0AAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAAA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAAA	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)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.011 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c3',
    500: '#a0aaaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaaa;
$custom-light: #bcc3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.01131,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAAA

secondary

#D5D1D1

accent

#56568F

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAAA

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

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