#A0A4BC#A0A4BC

#A0A4BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.035 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4BC
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 3.52, -12.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 13.27, 285.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0049 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.035 278)
XYZ	xyz(36.8477, 37.6549, 52.8940)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4BC #BCB8A0

analogous

#A0B2BC #A0A4BC #AAA0BC

triadic

#A0A4BC #BCA0A4 #A4BCA0

tetradic

#A0A4BC #BCA0B2 #BCB8A0 #A0BCAA

square

#A0A4BC #BCA0B2 #BCB8A0 #A0BCAA

split-complementary

#A0A4BC #BCAAA0 #B2BCA0

monochromatic

#5D6384 #7C82A3 #A0A4BC #C4C6D5 #E8E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A0A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A0A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4BC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4BC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.035 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbed0',
    500: '#a0a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4bc;
$custom-light: #bcbed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72338,
    "c": 0.03499,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4BC

secondary

#E0DFD8

accent

#904A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4BC

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

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