#A4A9C7#A4A9C7

#A4A9C7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.044 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A9C7
RGB	rgb(164, 169, 199)
HSL	hsl(231, 24%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 18%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 15.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, 4.48, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 16.49, 285.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% 0.0059 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.044 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8042, 40.3914, 59.7210)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A9C7 #C7C2A4

analogous

#A4BAC7 #A4A9C7 #B0A4C7

triadic

#A4A9C7 #C7A4A9 #A9C7A4

tetradic

#A4A9C7 #C7A4BA #C7C2A4 #A4C7B0

square

#A4A9C7 #C7A4BA #C7C2A4 #A4C7B0

split-complementary

#A4A9C7 #C7B0A4 #BAC7A4

monochromatic

#5C6495 #7E85B0 #A4A9C7 #CACDDE #ECEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4A9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A4A9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A9C7

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A9C7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1ACC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CAEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 169, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.044 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc2d8',
    500: '#a4a9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a9c7;
$custom-light: #bfc2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74081,
    "c": 0.04355,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A9C7

secondary

#E8E7DF

accent

#9543A2

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A9C7

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

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