#A4A8B2#A4A8B2

#A4A8B2 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.015 H 268.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8B2
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 178)
HSL	hsl(223, 8%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(223, 8%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 0.56, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 5.65, 275.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0004 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.015 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3467, 39.1119, 47.6926)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8B2 #B2AEA4

analogous

#A4AFB2 #A4A8B2 #A7A4B2

triadic

#A4A8B2 #B2A4A8 #A8B2A4

tetradic

#A4A8B2 #B2A4AF #B2AEA4 #A4B2A7

square

#A4A8B2 #B2A4AF #B2AEA4 #A4B2A7

split-complementary

#A4A8B2 #B2A7A4 #AFB2A4

monochromatic

#656A77 #838896 #A4A8B2 #C5C8CE #E6E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A4A8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A4A8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8B2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8B2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.015 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1c9',
    500: '#a4a8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8b2;
$custom-light: #bfc1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.01509,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8B2

secondary

#DBDAD7

accent

#805392

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8B2

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

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