#A0AEA0#A0AEA0

#A0AEA0 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.025 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEA0
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 160)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -7.58, 5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 9.38, 143.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0208 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.025 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9772, 40.2834, 39.1309)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEA0 #AEA0AE

analogous

#A7AEA0 #A0AEA0 #A0AEA7

triadic

#A0AEA0 #A0A0AE #AEA0A0

tetradic

#A0AEA0 #A0A7AE #AEA0AE #AEA7A0

square

#A0AEA0 #A0A7AE #AEA0AE #AEA7A0

split-complementary

#A0AEA0 #A7A0AE #AEA0A7

monochromatic

#617261 #7F927F #A0AEA0 #C1CAC1 #E2E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A0AEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A0AEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEA0

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEA0	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FADAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.025 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6bc',
    500: '#a0aea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aea0;
$custom-light: #bcc6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73575,
    "c": 0.02528,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEA0

secondary

#D7D3D7

accent

#549292

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEA0

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

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