#A4A0BA#A4A0BA

#A4A0BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.038 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0BA
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(249, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(249, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, 6.64, -12.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 14.48, 297.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0144 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.038 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7418, 36.5791, 51.5696)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0BA #B6BAA0

analogous

#A0A9BA #A4A0BA #B1A0BA

triadic

#A4A0BA #BAA4A0 #A0BAA4

tetradic

#A4A0BA #BAA0A9 #B6BAA0 #A0BAB1

square

#A4A0BA #BAA0A9 #B6BAA0 #A0BAB1

split-complementary

#A4A0BA #BAB1A0 #A9BAA0

monochromatic

#645E82 #827DA0 #A4A0BA #C6C3D4 #E8E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A4A0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A4A0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0BA

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0BA	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.038 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbcce',
    500: '#a4a0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0ba;
$custom-light: #bfbcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71765,
    "c": 0.03762,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0BA

secondary

#DEDFD7

accent

#9A4B8E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0BA

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

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