#A0AAAC#A0AAAC

#A0AAAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.012 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAAC
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 172)
HSL	hsl(190, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 1.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -3.11, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 3.84, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.01 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.012 211)
XYZ	xyz(36.3168, 39.2012, 44.6750)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAAC #ACA2A0

analogous

#A0ACA8 #A0AAAC #A0A4AC

triadic

#A0AAAC #ACA0AA #AAACA0

tetradic

#A0AAAC #A8A0AC #ACA2A0 #A4ACA0

square

#A0AAAC #A8A0AC #ACA2A0 #A4ACA0

split-complementary

#A0AAAC #ACA0A4 #ACA8A0

monochromatic

#626E70 #7F8D8F #A0AAAC #C1C7C9 #E1E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A0AAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A0AAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAAC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAAC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.012 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c4',
    500: '#a0aaac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaac;
$custom-light: #bcc3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.01169,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.39202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAAC

secondary

#D6D3D2

accent

#5F5591

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAAC

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

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