#A0AABA#A0AABA

#A0AABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.026 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AABA
RGB	rgb(160, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(217, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -0.21, -9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 9.39, 268.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0045 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.026 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7328, 39.7676, 52.1328)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AABA #BAB0A0

analogous

#A0B7BA #A0AABA #A3A0BA

triadic

#A0AABA #BAA0AA #AABAA0

tetradic

#A0AABA #BAA0B7 #BAB0A0 #A0BAA3

square

#A0AABA #BAA0B7 #BAB0A0 #A0BAA3

split-complementary

#A0AABA #BAA3A0 #B7BAA0

monochromatic

#5E6C82 #7D8AA0 #A0AABA #C3CAD4 #E7E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A0AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A0AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AABA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AABA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.026 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc3ce',
    500: '#a0aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aaba;
$custom-light: #bcc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73523,
    "c": 0.02575,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AABA

secondary

#DFDCD7

accent

#7C4B9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AABA

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

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