#A4A2B8#A4A2B8

#A4A2B8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.032 H 289.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A2B8
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 184)
HSL	hsl(245, 13%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(245, 12%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 12%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 5.11, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 12.18, 294.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0107 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.032 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8801, 37.1936, 50.5742)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A2B8 #B6B8A2

analogous

#A2ABB8 #A4A2B8 #AFA2B8

triadic

#A4A2B8 #B8A4A2 #A2B8A4

tetradic

#A4A2B8 #B8A2AB #B6B8A2 #A2B8AF

square

#A4A2B8 #B8A2AB #B6B8A2 #A2B8AF

split-complementary

#A4A2B8 #B8AFA2 #ABB8A2

monochromatic

#64617F #827F9E #A4A2B8 #C6C5D2 #E8E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A4A2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A4A2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A2B8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A2B8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0A5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.032 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbdcd',
    500: '#a4a2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a2b8;
$custom-light: #bfbdcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.455,
    "s": 13.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.03167,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A2B8

secondary

#DEDED8

accent

#984E91

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A2B8

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

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