#A4A8BE#A4A8BE

#A4A8BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.032 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8BE
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 3.07, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 12.13, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0041 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.032 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6047, 39.6150, 54.3178)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8BE #BEBAA4

analogous

#A4B5BE #A4A8BE #ADA4BE

triadic

#A4A8BE #BEA4A8 #A8BEA4

tetradic

#A4A8BE #BEA4B5 #BEBAA4 #A4BEAD

square

#A4A8BE #BEA4B5 #BEBAA4 #A4BEAD

split-complementary

#A4A8BE #BEADA4 #B5BEA4

monochromatic

#616687 #8086A5 #A4A8BE #C8CAD8 #EBECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A4A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A4A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8BE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8BE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.032 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1d1',
    500: '#a4a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8be;
$custom-light: #bfc1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.03197,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8BE

secondary

#E3E1DB

accent

#8F4B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8BE

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

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