#A0ACAE#A0ACAE

#A0ACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.014 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ACAE
RGB	rgb(160, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -3.79, -2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 4.53, 213.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0121 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.014 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8881, 40.0342, 45.8201)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ACAE #AEA2A0

analogous

#A0AEA9 #A0ACAE #A0A5AE

triadic

#A0ACAE #AEA0AC #ACAEA0

tetradic

#A0ACAE #A9A0AE #AEA2A0 #A5AEA0

square

#A0ACAE #A9A0AE #AEA2A0 #A5AEA0

split-complementary

#A0ACAE #AEA0A5 #AEA9A0

monochromatic

#617072 #7F8F92 #A0ACAE #C1C9CA #E2E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A0ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A0ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ACAE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ACAE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.014 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc4c6',
    500: '#a0acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0acae;
$custom-light: #bcc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73557,
    "c": 0.01383,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ACAE

secondary

#D7D3D3

accent

#5C5492

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ACAE

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

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