#A3AABC#A3AABC

#A3AABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.027 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3AABC
RGB	rgb(163, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(223, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(223, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 1.21, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 10.12, 276.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0006 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.027 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5540, 40.1663, 53.2889)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3AABC #BCB5A3

analogous

#A3B7BC #A3AABC #A9A3BC

triadic

#A3AABC #BCA3AA #AABCA3

tetradic

#A3AABC #BCA3B7 #BCB5A3 #A3BCA9

square

#A3AABC #BCA3B7 #BCB5A3 #A3BCA9

split-complementary

#A3AABC #BCA9A3 #B7BCA3

monochromatic

#606A84 #8089A2 #A3AABC #C6CBD6 #EAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A3AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A3AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3AABC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3AABC	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.027 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec3d0',
    500: '#a3aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aabc;
$custom-light: #bec3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 15.723,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.02712,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3AABC

secondary

#E1DFDA

accent

#844C9A

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3AABC

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

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