#A5AAA0#A5AAA0

#A5AAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.015 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5AAA0
RGB	rgb(165, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(90, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(90, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -3.65, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 5.82, 128.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0095 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.015 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2359, 39.2868, 38.9250)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5AAA0 #A5A0AA

analogous

#AAAAA0 #A5AAA0 #A0AAA0

triadic

#A5AAA0 #A0A5AA #AAA0A5

tetradic

#A5AAA0 #A0AAAA #A5A0AA #AAA0A0

square

#A5AAA0 #A0AAAA #A5A0AA #AAA0A0

split-complementary

#A5AAA0 #A0A0AA #AAA0AA

monochromatic

#686E62 #868D80 #A5AAA0 #C4C7C0 #E2E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A5AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A5AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5AAA0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5AAA0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.015 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3bc',
    500: '#a5aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aaa0;
$custom-light: #bfc3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.01523,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5AAA0

secondary

#D3D1D5

accent

#568F73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5AAA0

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

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