#A0A4BE#A0A4BE

#A0A4BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.038 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4BE
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(232, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(232, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 3.96, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 14.37, 286.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0056 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.038 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0648, 37.7417, 54.0373)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4BE #BEBAA0

analogous

#A0B3BE #A0A4BE #ABA0BE

triadic

#A0A4BE #BEA0A4 #A4BEA0

tetradic

#A0A4BE #BEA0B3 #BEBAA0 #A0BEAB

square

#A0A4BE #BEA0B3 #BEBAA0 #A0BEAB

split-complementary

#A0A4BE #BEABA0 #B3BEA0

monochromatic

#5C6287 #7C81A5 #A0A4BE #C4C7D7 #E9EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A0A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A0A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4BE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4BE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.038 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbed1',
    500: '#a0a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4be;
$custom-light: #bcbed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.03786,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4BE

secondary

#E1E0D8

accent

#92489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4BE

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

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