#A4A8BA#A4A8BA

#A4A8BA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.026 H 275.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8BA
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(229, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(229, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 2.22, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 9.95, 282.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0026 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.026 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1735, 39.4426, 52.0469)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8BA #BAB6A4

analogous

#A4B3BA #A4A8BA #ABA4BA

triadic

#A4A8BA #BAA4A8 #A8BAA4

tetradic

#A4A8BA #BAA4B3 #BAB6A4 #A4BAAB

square

#A4A8BA #BAA4B3 #BAB6A4 #A4BAAB

split-complementary

#A4A8BA #BAABA4 #B3BAA4

monochromatic

#626881 #8187A0 #A4A8BA #C7C9D4 #EAEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A4A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A4A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8BA

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8BA	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.026 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1ce',
    500: '#a4a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8ba;
$custom-light: #bfc1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.02628,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8BA

secondary

#E0DFDA

accent

#8A4E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8BA

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

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