#A3A9C5#A3A9C5

#A3A9C5 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.041 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A3A9C5
RGBrgb(163, 169, 197)
HSLhsl(229, 23%, 71%)
HSVhsv(229, 17%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(17.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.61, 3.72, -14.99)
CIE-LCHlch(69.61, 15.44, 283.92°)
OKLaboklab(73.93% 0.0041 -0.0407)
OKLCHoklch(73.93% 0.041 275.8)
XYZxyz(39.3679, 40.1931, 58.4964)
Luminance0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A3A9C5 #C5BFA3
analogous
#A3BAC5 #A3A9C5 #AEA3C5
triadic
#A3A9C5 #C5A3A9 #A9C5A3
tetradic
#A3A9C5 #C5A3BA #C5BFA3 #A3C5AE
square
#A3A9C5 #C5A3BA #C5BFA3 #A3C5AE
split-complementary
#A3A9C5 #C5AEA3 #BAC5A3
monochromatic
#5C6592 #7D86AD #A3A9C5 #C9CCDD #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32
#A3A9C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04
#A3A9C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3A9C5
9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A3A9C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A3A9C51.002.329.049.04
#FFFFFF2.321.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0421.001.001.00
##0000009.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A2ABC6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9FA9C4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9BAEB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a3a9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 169, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.041 275.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec2d6',
    500: '#a3a9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a3a9c5;
$custom-light: #bec2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a3a9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 22.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73931,
    "c": 0.04091,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A3A9C5
secondary
#E7E5DD
accent
#9144A1
background
#FBFBFD
surface
#F7F7FA
border
#D0D0D3
text
#121214
muted
#818183

Preview Lab

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#A3A9C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva