#A0AAAE#A0AAAE

#A0AAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAAE
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -2.71, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 4.25, 230.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0092 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5103, 39.2786, 45.6942)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAAE #AEA4A0

analogous

#A0AEAB #A0AAAE #A0A3AE

triadic

#A0AAAE #AEA0AA #AAAEA0

tetradic

#A0AAAE #ABA0AE #AEA4A0 #A3AEA0

square

#A0AAAE #ABA0AE #AEA4A0 #A3AEA0

split-complementary

#A0AAAE #AEA0A3 #AEABA0

monochromatic

#616D72 #7F8C92 #A0AAAE #C1C8CA #E2E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A0AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A0AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAAE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAAE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3c6',
    500: '#a0aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaae;
$custom-light: #bcc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73131,
    "c": 0.01272,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAAE

secondary

#D7D4D3

accent

#655492

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAAE

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

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