#A3ABBB#A3ABBB

#A3ABBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.025 H 264.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ABBB
RGB	rgb(163, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(220, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(220, 13%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 0.45, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 9.15, 272.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0024 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.025 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6348, 40.4997, 52.7858)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ABBB #BBB3A3

analogous

#A3B7BB #A3ABBB #A7A3BB

triadic

#A3ABBB #BBA3AB #ABBBA3

tetradic

#A3ABBB #BBA3B7 #BBB3A3 #A3BBA7

square

#A3ABBB #BBA3B7 #BBB3A3 #A3BBA7

split-complementary

#A3ABBB #BBA7A3 #B7BBA3

monochromatic

#616C83 #808BA1 #A3ABBB #C6CBD5 #E9EBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A3ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A3ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ABBB

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ABBB	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.025 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4cf',
    500: '#a3abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3abbb;
$custom-light: #bec4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73997,
    "c": 0.02476,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ABBB

secondary

#E0DED9

accent

#804C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ABBB

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

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