#A0AEB8#A0AEB8

#A0AEB8 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.021 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0AEB8
RGB	rgb(160, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(205, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -2.81, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 7.33, 247.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0111 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.021 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2830, 41.2057, 51.2747)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0AEB8 #B8AAA0

analogous

#A0B8B6 #A0AEB8 #A0A2B8

triadic

#A0AEB8 #B8A0AE #AEB8A0

tetradic

#A0AEB8 #B6A0B8 #B8AAA0 #A2B8A0

square

#A0AEB8 #B6A0B8 #B8AAA0 #A2B8A0

split-complementary

#A0AEB8 #B8A0A2 #B8B6A0

monochromatic

#5F717F #7D909E #A0AEB8 #C3CCD2 #E6EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A0AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A0AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0AEB8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0AEB8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ABB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AB1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.021 238.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc6cd',
    500: '#a0aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aeb8;
$custom-light: #bcc6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0AEB8

secondary

#DED9D6

accent

#6C4D99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0AEB8

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

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