#A0AEAC#A0AEAC

#A0AEAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.016 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEAC
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(171, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -5.27, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 5.31, 187.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0158 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.016 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0780, 40.7238, 44.9288)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEAC #AEA0A2

analogous

#A0AEA5 #A0AEAC #A0A9AE

triadic

#A0AEAC #ACA0AE #AEACA0

tetradic

#A0AEAC #A5A0AE #AEA0A2 #A9AEA0

square

#A0AEAC #A5A0AE #AEA0A2 #A9AEA0

split-complementary

#A0AEAC #AEA0A9 #AEA5A0

monochromatic

#617270 #7F928F #A0AEAC #C1CAC9 #E2E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A0AEAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A0AEAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEAC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEAC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aeac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.016 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6c4',
    500: '#a0aeac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aeac;
$custom-light: #bcc6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aeac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.01593,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEAC

secondary

#D7D3D3

accent

#545C92

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEAC

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

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