#A4A2BC#A4A2BC

#A4A2BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.037 H 289.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A2BC
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(245, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(245, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, 5.96, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 14.38, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0122 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.037 289)
XYZ	xyz(37.3054, 37.3637, 52.8137)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A2BC #BABCA2

analogous

#A2ADBC #A4A2BC #B1A2BC

triadic

#A4A2BC #BCA4A2 #A2BCA4

tetradic

#A4A2BC #BCA2AD #BABCA2 #A2BCB1

square

#A4A2BC #BCA2AD #BABCA2 #A2BCB1

split-complementary

#A4A2BC #BCB1A2 #ADBCA2

monochromatic

#625F84 #817EA2 #A4A2BC #C7C6D6 #EAE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A4A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A4A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A2BC

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A2BC	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FA6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.037 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbdd0',
    500: '#a4a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a2bc;
$custom-light: #bfbdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.615,
    "s": 16.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.03743,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.37364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A2BC

secondary

#E0E1D9

accent

#9A4B94

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A2BC

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

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