#A0A0BE#A0A0BE

#A0A0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.043 H 285.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A0BE
RGB	rgb(160, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(240, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 6.18, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 16.60, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0114 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.043 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3602, 36.3325, 53.8025)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A0BE #BEBEA0

analogous

#A0AFBE #A0A0BE #AFA0BE

triadic

#A0A0BE #BEA0A0 #A0BEA0

tetradic

#A0A0BE #BEA0AF #BEBEA0 #A0BEAF

square

#A0A0BE #BEA0AF #BEBEA0 #A0BEAF

split-complementary

#A0A0BE #BEAFA0 #AFBEA0

monochromatic

#5C5C87 #7C7CA5 #A0A0BE #C4C4D7 #E9E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A0A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A0A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A0BE

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A0BE	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.043 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbcd1',
    500: '#a0a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a0be;
$custom-light: #bcbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71584,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A0BE

secondary

#E1E1D8

accent

#9D489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A0BE

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

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