#A4AABC#A4AABC

#A4AABC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.027 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AABC
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(225, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, 1.54, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 10.05, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0005 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.027 271)
XYZ	xyz(38.7597, 40.2723, 53.2985)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AABC #BCB6A4

analogous

#A4B6BC #A4AABC #AAA4BC

triadic

#A4AABC #BCA4AA #AABCA4

tetradic

#A4AABC #BCA4B6 #BCB6A4 #A4BCAA

square

#A4AABC #BCA4B6 #BCB6A4 #A4BCAA

split-complementary

#A4AABC #BCAAA4 #B6BCA4

monochromatic

#616A84 #8189A2 #A4AABC #C7CBD6 #EAECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A4AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AABC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AABC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.027 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3d0',
    500: '#a4aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aabc;
$custom-light: #bfc3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.739,
    "c": 0.02677,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.40273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AABC

secondary

#E1E0DA

accent

#864C99

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AABC

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

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