#A4AAB8#A4AAB8

#A4AAB8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.021 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAB8
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 184)
HSL	hsl(222, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(222, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 0.70, -7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 7.93, 275.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.001 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.021 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3344, 40.1022, 51.0590)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAB8 #B8B2A4

analogous

#A4B4B8 #A4AAB8 #A8A4B8

triadic

#A4AAB8 #B8A4AA #AAB8A4

tetradic

#A4AAB8 #B8A4B4 #B8B2A4 #A4B8A8

square

#A4AAB8 #B8A4B4 #B8B2A4 #A4B8A8

split-complementary

#A4AAB8 #B8A8A4 #B4B8A4

monochromatic

#636B7F #828A9D #A4AAB8 #C6CAD3 #E9EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A4AAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A4AAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAB8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAB8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.021 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3cd',
    500: '#a4aab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aab8;
$custom-light: #bfc3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73765,
    "c": 0.02125,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAB8

secondary

#DFDDD9

accent

#814F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAB8

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

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