#A4A0BE#A4A0BE

#A4A0BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.043 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0BE
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(248, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(248, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.09, 7.50, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.09, 16.68, 296.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0158 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.043 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1729, 36.7516, 53.8406)
Luminance	0.3675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0BE #BABEA0

analogous

#A0ABBE #A4A0BE #B3A0BE

triadic

#A4A0BE #BEA4A0 #A0BEA4

tetradic

#A4A0BE #BEA0AB #BABEA0 #A0BEB3

square

#A4A0BE #BEA0AB #BABEA0 #A0BEB3

split-complementary

#A4A0BE #BEB3A0 #ABBEA0

monochromatic

#625C87 #817CA5 #A4A0BE #C7C4D7 #EAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A4A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#A4A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0BE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0BE	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.043 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbcd1',
    500: '#a4a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0be;
$custom-light: #bfbcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7191,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0BE

secondary

#E0E1D8

accent

#9D4892

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0BE

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

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