#A4A6BC#A4A6BC

#A4A6BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.032 H 281.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A6BC
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 188)
HSL	hsl(235, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 11.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, 3.74, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 12.11, 288.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0063 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.032 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0212, 38.7954, 53.0524)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A6BC #BCBAA4

analogous

#A4B2BC #A4A6BC #AEA4BC

triadic

#A4A6BC #BCA4A6 #A6BCA4

tetradic

#A4A6BC #BCA4B2 #BCBAA4 #A4BCAE

square

#A4A6BC #BCA4B2 #BCBAA4 #A4BCAE

split-complementary

#A4A6BC #BCAEA4 #B2BCA4

monochromatic

#616484 #8184A2 #A4A6BC #C7C8D6 #EAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4A6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A4A6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A6BC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A6BC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.032 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc0d0',
    500: '#a4a6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a6bc;
$custom-light: #bfc0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.03171,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A6BC

secondary

#E1E1DA

accent

#934C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A6BC

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

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