#A0ACA8#A0ACA8

#A0ACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.015 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ACA8
RGB	rgb(160, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -4.99, 0.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 5.02, 173.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0146 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.015 174)
XYZ	xyz(36.3162, 39.8054, 42.8081)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ACA8 #ACA0A4

analogous

#A0ACA2 #A0ACA8 #A0AAAC

triadic

#A0ACA8 #A8A0AC #ACA8A0

tetradic

#A0ACA8 #A2A0AC #ACA0A4 #AAACA0

square

#A0ACA8 #A2A0AC #ACA0A4 #AAACA0

split-complementary

#A0ACA8 #ACA0AA #ACA2A0

monochromatic

#62706B #7F8F8A #A0ACA8 #C1C9C6 #E1E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A0ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#A0ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ACA8

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ACA8	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.015 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc4c1',
    500: '#a0aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aca8;
$custom-light: #bcc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.01464,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.39806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ACA8

secondary

#D6D2D3

accent

#556991

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ACA8

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

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