#A4A6BE#A4A6BE

#A4A6BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.035 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A6BE
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(235, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 4.17, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 13.20, 288.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.007 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.035 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2383, 38.8823, 54.1957)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A6BE #BEBCA4

analogous

#A4B3BE #A4A6BE #AFA4BE

triadic

#A4A6BE #BEA4A6 #A6BEA4

tetradic

#A4A6BE #BEA4B3 #BEBCA4 #A4BEAF

square

#A4A6BE #BEA4B3 #BEBCA4 #A4BEAF

split-complementary

#A4A6BE #BEAFA4 #B3BEA4

monochromatic

#616387 #8083A5 #A4A6BE #C8C9D8 #EBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#A4A6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#A4A6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A6BE

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A6BE	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.035 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc0d1',
    500: '#a4a6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a6be;
$custom-light: #bfc0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7314,
    "c": 0.03459,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A6BE

secondary

#E3E2DB

accent

#954B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A6BE

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

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