#A3A3BB#A3A3BB

#A3A3BB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.035 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3A3BB
RGB	rgb(163, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 4.86, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 13.24, 291.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% 0.0092 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.035 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1692, 37.5684, 52.2973)
Luminance	0.3757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3A3BB #BBBBA3

analogous

#A3AFBB #A3A3BB #AFA3BB

triadic

#A3A3BB #BBA3A3 #A3BBA3

tetradic

#A3A3BB #BBA3AF #BBBBA3 #A3BBAF

square

#A3A3BB #BBA3AF #BBBBA3 #A3BBAF

split-complementary

#A3A3BB #BBAFA3 #AFBBA3

monochromatic

#616183 #8080A1 #A3A3BB #C6C6D5 #E9E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A3A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#A3A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A3BB

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3A3BB	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EA7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.035 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebecf',
    500: '#a3a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3a3bb;
$custom-light: #bebecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72335,
    "c": 0.03454,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3A3BB

secondary

#E0E0D9

accent

#994C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3A3BB

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

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