#A0AAB4#A0AAB4

#A0AAB4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.018 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AAB4
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 180)
HSL	hsl(210, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(210, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -1.48, -6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 6.51, 256.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0069 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.018 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.1083, 39.5178, 48.8438)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AAB4 #B4AAA0

analogous

#A0B4B4 #A0AAB4 #A0A0B4

triadic

#A0AAB4 #B4A0AA #AAB4A0

tetradic

#A0AAB4 #B4A0B4 #B4AAA0 #A0B4A0

square

#A0AAB4 #B4A0B4 #B4AAA0 #A0B4A0

split-complementary

#A0AAB4 #B4A0A0 #B4B4A0

monochromatic

#606D7A #7E8B99 #A0AAB4 #C2C9CF #E4E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A0AAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A0AAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AAB4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AAB4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.018 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3ca',
    500: '#a0aab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aab4;
$custom-light: #bcc3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73323,
    "c": 0.01836,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AAB4

secondary

#DBD8D5

accent

#735096

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AAB4

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

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