#A0A8BE#A0A8BE

#A0A8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.033 H 269.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A8BE
RGB	rgb(160, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(224, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(224, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.89, 1.75, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.89, 12.34, 278.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0002 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.033 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7919, 39.1960, 54.2797)
Luminance	0.3920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A8BE #BEB6A0

analogous

#A0B7BE #A0A8BE #A7A0BE

triadic

#A0A8BE #BEA0A8 #A8BEA0

tetradic

#A0A8BE #BEA0B7 #BEB6A0 #A0BEA7

square

#A0A8BE #BEA0B7 #BEB6A0 #A0BEA7

split-complementary

#A0A8BE #BEA7A0 #B7BEA0

monochromatic

#5C6887 #7C87A5 #A0A8BE #C4C9D7 #E9EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A0A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#A0A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A8BE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A8BE	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.033 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc1d1',
    500: '#a0a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a8be;
$custom-light: #bcc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73242,
    "c": 0.03307,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A8BE

secondary

#E1DFD8

accent

#86489D

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A8BE

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

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