#A3ABBE#A3ABBE

#A3ABBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.029 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ABBE
RGB	rgb(163, 171, 190)
HSL	hsl(222, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(222, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 1.09, -10.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 10.72, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0013 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.029 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9593, 40.6295, 54.4949)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ABBE #BEB6A3

analogous

#A3B9BE #A3ABBE #A9A3BE

triadic

#A3ABBE #BEA3AB #ABBEA3

tetradic

#A3ABBE #BEA3B9 #BEB6A3 #A3BEA9

square

#A3ABBE #BEA3B9 #BEB6A3 #A3BEA9

split-complementary

#A3ABBE #BEA9A3 #B9BEA3

monochromatic

#5F6B87 #7F8AA5 #A3ABBE #C7CCD7 #EBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A3ABBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#A3ABBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ABBE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ABBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ABBE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3abbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.029 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4d1',
    500: '#a3abbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3abbe;
$custom-light: #bec4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3abbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 17.197,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.02883,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ABBE

secondary

#E2E0DA

accent

#834A9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ABBE

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

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