#A0AEA6#A0AEA6

#A0AEA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.019 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEA6
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 166)
HSL	hsl(146, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(146, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -6.45, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 6.89, 159.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0183 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.019 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5148, 40.4984, 41.9622)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEA6 #AEA0A8

analogous

#A1AEA0 #A0AEA6 #A0AEAD

triadic

#A0AEA6 #A6A0AE #AEA6A0

tetradic

#A0AEA6 #A0A1AE #AEA0A8 #AEADA0

square

#A0AEA6 #A0A1AE #AEA0A8 #AEADA0

split-complementary

#A0AEA6 #ADA0AE #AEA0A1

monochromatic

#617269 #7F9287 #A0AEA6 #C1CAC5 #E2E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A0AEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A0AEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEA6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEA6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.019 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6c0',
    500: '#a0aea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aea6;
$custom-light: #bcc6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73746,
    "c": 0.01935,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEA6

secondary

#D7D3D5

accent

#547792

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEA6

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

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