#A0AEB4#A0AEB4

#A0AEB4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.018 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEB4
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(198, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -3.65, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 5.98, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0126 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.018 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8696, 41.0404, 49.0976)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEB4 #B4A6A0

analogous

#A0B4B0 #A0AEB4 #A0A4B4

triadic

#A0AEB4 #B4A0AE #AEB4A0

tetradic

#A0AEB4 #B0A0B4 #B4A6A0 #A4B4A0

square

#A0AEB4 #B0A0B4 #B4A6A0 #A4B4A0

split-complementary

#A0AEB4 #B4A0A4 #B4B0A0

monochromatic

#60727A #7E9199 #A0AEB4 #C2CBCF #E4E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A0AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A0AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEB4

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEB4	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ABB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.018 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6ca',
    500: '#a0aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aeb4;
$custom-light: #bcc6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.01795,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEB4

secondary

#DBD7D5

accent

#655096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEB4

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

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