#A3ABC2#A3ABC2

#A3ABC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.034 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ABC2
RGB	rgb(163, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(225, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, 1.96, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 12.83, 278.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% 0.0002 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.034 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4025, 40.8068, 56.8290)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ABC2 #C2BAA3

analogous

#A3BAC2 #A3ABC2 #ABA3C2

triadic

#A3ABC2 #C2A3AB #ABC2A3

tetradic

#A3ABC2 #C2A3BA #C2BAA3 #A3C2AB

square

#A3ABC2 #C2A3BA #C2BAA3 #A3C2AB

split-complementary

#A3ABC2 #C2ABA3 #BAC2A3

monochromatic

#5E6A8D #7E89AA #A3ABC2 #C8CDDA #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A3ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A3ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ABC2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ABC2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.034 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4d4',
    500: '#a3abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3abc2;
$custom-light: #bec4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 20.261,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.03434,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ABC2

secondary

#E5E2DC

accent

#88479F

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ABC2

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

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