#A4AABA#A4AABA

#A4AABA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.024 H 269.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AABA
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(224, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(224, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 1.12, -8.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 8.98, 277.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0003 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.024 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5456, 40.1867, 52.1709)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AABA #BAB4A4

analogous

#A4B5BA #A4AABA #A9A4BA

triadic

#A4AABA #BAA4AA #AABAA4

tetradic

#A4AABA #BAA4B5 #BAB4A4 #A4BAA9

square

#A4AABA #BAA4B5 #BAB4A4 #A4BAA9

split-complementary

#A4AABA #BAA9A4 #B5BAA4

monochromatic

#626B81 #8189A0 #A4AABA #C7CBD4 #EAEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A4AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AABA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AABA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ABBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FADAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.024 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3ce',
    500: '#a4aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaba;
$custom-light: #bfc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.636,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73832,
    "c": 0.024,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AABA

secondary

#E0DEDA

accent

#844E98

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AABA

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

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