#A0A0BA#A0A0BA

#A0A0BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.038 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A0BA
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, 5.31, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 14.39, 291.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.01 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.038 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9290, 36.1600, 51.5315)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A0BA #BABAA0

analogous

#A0ADBA #A0A0BA #ADA0BA

triadic

#A0A0BA #BAA0A0 #A0BAA0

tetradic

#A0A0BA #BAA0AD #BABAA0 #A0BAAD

square

#A0A0BA #BAA0AD #BABAA0 #A0BAAD

split-complementary

#A0A0BA #BAADA0 #ADBAA0

monochromatic

#5E5E82 #7D7DA0 #A0A0BA #C3C3D4 #E7E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A0A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A0A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A0BA

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A0BA	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BA4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.038 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcce',
    500: '#a0a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a0ba;
$custom-light: #bcbcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71438,
    "c": 0.03755,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A0BA

secondary

#DFDFD7

accent

#9A4B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A0BA

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

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