#A0ACA0#A0ACA0

#A0ACA0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.022 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ACA0
RGB	rgb(160, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(120, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -6.52, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 8.05, 144.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0179 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.022 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5937, 39.5164, 39.0031)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ACA0 #ACA0AC

analogous

#A6ACA0 #A0ACA0 #A0ACA6

triadic

#A0ACA0 #A0A0AC #ACA0A0

tetradic

#A0ACA0 #A0A6AC #ACA0AC #ACA6A0

square

#A0ACA0 #A0A6AC #ACA0AC #ACA6A0

split-complementary

#A0ACA0 #A6A0AC #ACA0A6

monochromatic

#627062 #7F8F7F #A0ACA0 #C1C9C1 #E1E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A0ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A0ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ACA0

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ACA0	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.022 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc4bc',
    500: '#a0aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aca0;
$custom-light: #bcc4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ACA0

secondary

#D6D2D6

accent

#559191

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ACA0

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

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