#A0A4C2#A0A4C2

#A0A4C2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.044 H 279.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A4C2
RGB	rgb(160, 164, 194)
HSL	hsl(233, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(233, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 4.85, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 16.56, 287.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.007 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.044 279.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5080, 37.9190, 56.3715)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A4C2 #C2BEA0

analogous

#A0B5C2 #A0A4C2 #ADA0C2

triadic

#A0A4C2 #C2A0A4 #A4C2A0

tetradic

#A0A4C2 #C2A0B5 #C2BEA0 #A0C2AD

square

#A0A4C2 #C2A0B5 #C2BEA0 #A0C2AD

split-complementary

#A0A4C2 #C2ADA0 #B5C2A0

monochromatic

#5B618D #7B80AA #A0A4C2 #C5C8DA #EBEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A0A4C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#A0A4C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A4C2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A4C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A4C2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a4c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 164, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.044 279.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbed4',
    500: '#a0a4c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a4c2;
$custom-light: #bcbed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a4c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 21.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72555,
    "c": 0.04361,
    "h": 279.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A4C2

secondary

#E4E3DA

accent

#9645A0

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F6F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A4C2

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

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