#A4A0C7#A4A0C7

#A4A0C7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.056 H 289.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0C7
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 199)
HSL	hsl(246, 26%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(246, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 19.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 9.49, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 21.63, 296.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0189 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.056 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1871, 37.1572, 59.1820)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0C7 #C3C7A0

analogous

#A0AFC7 #A4A0C7 #B7A0C7

triadic

#A4A0C7 #C7A4A0 #A0C7A4

tetradic

#A4A0C7 #C7A0AF #C3C7A0 #A0C7B7

square

#A4A0C7 #C7A0AF #C3C7A0 #A0C7B7

split-complementary

#A4A0C7 #C7B7A0 #AFC7A0

monochromatic

#5E5895 #7F79B0 #A4A0C7 #C9C7DE #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A4A0C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A4A0C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0C7

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0C7	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DA6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.056 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbcd8',
    500: '#a4a0c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0c7;
$custom-light: #bfbcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 25.828,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.05626,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0C7

secondary

#E6E7DC

accent

#A4419A

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F6FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0C7

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

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