#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
RGB	rgb(163, 169, 197)
HSL	hsl(229, 23%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(229, 17%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 14.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 3.72, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 15.44, 283.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0041 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.041 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3679, 40.1931, 58.4964)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##A3A9C5	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A3A9C5

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

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