#A0A6BC#A0A6BC

#A0A6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.033 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A6BC
RGB	rgb(160, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(227, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(227, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 2.42, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 12.24, 281.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.002 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.033 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2085, 38.3763, 53.0143)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A6BC #BCB6A0

analogous

#A0B4BC #A0A6BC #A8A0BC

triadic

#A0A6BC #BCA0A6 #A6BCA0

tetradic

#A0A6BC #BCA0B4 #BCB6A0 #A0BCA8

square

#A0A6BC #BCA0B4 #BCB6A0 #A0BCA8

split-complementary

#A0A6BC #BCA8A0 #B4BCA0

monochromatic

#5D6684 #7C84A3 #A0A6BC #C4C8D5 #E8E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A0A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A0A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A6BC

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A6BC	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.033 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc0d0',
    500: '#a0a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a6bc;
$custom-light: #bcc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.03252,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A6BC

secondary

#E0DED8

accent

#8A4A9C

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A6BC

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

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