#A0ACA6#A0ACA6

#A0ACA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.016 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ACA6
RGB	rgb(160, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(150, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(150, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -5.37, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 5.62, 163.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0154 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.016 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1313, 39.7314, 41.8344)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ACA6 #ACA0A6

analogous

#A0ACA0 #A0ACA6 #A0ACAC

triadic

#A0ACA6 #A6A0AC #ACA6A0

tetradic

#A0ACA6 #A0A0AC #ACA0A6 #ACACA0

square

#A0ACA6 #A0A0AC #ACA0A6 #ACACA0

split-complementary

#A0ACA6 #ACA0AC #ACA0A0

monochromatic

#627069 #7F8F87 #A0ACA6 #C1C9C5 #E1E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A0ACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A0ACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ACA6

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ACA6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EACAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.016 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc4c0',
    500: '#a0aca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aca6;
$custom-light: #bcc4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.01596,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ACA6

secondary

#D6D2D4

accent

#557391

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ACA6

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

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