#A0AEAE#A0AEAE

#A0AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEAE
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -4.87, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 5.15, 198.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.015 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2716, 40.8012, 45.9480)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEAE #AEA0A0

analogous

#A0AEA7 #A0AEAE #A0A7AE

triadic

#A0AEAE #AEA0AE #AEAEA0

tetradic

#A0AEAE #A7A0AE #AEA0A0 #A7AEA0

square

#A0AEAE #A7A0AE #AEA0A0 #A7AEA0

split-complementary

#A0AEAE #AEA0A7 #AEA7A0

monochromatic

#617272 #7F9292 #A0AEAE #C1CACA #E2E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A0AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A0AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEAE	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6c6',
    500: '#a0aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aeae;
$custom-light: #bcc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73985,
    "c": 0.01569,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEAE

secondary

#D7D3D3

accent

#545492

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEAE

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

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