#A4AABE#A4AABE

#A4AABE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.030 H 272.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AABE
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 190)
HSL	hsl(226, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(226, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 10.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, 1.97, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 11.12, 280.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% 0.0012 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.03 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9767, 40.3592, 54.4418)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AABE #BEB8A4

analogous

#A4B7BE #A4AABE #ABA4BE

triadic

#A4AABE #BEA4AA #AABEA4

tetradic

#A4AABE #BEA4B7 #BEB8A4 #A4BEAB

square

#A4AABE #BEA4B7 #BEB8A4 #A4BEAB

split-complementary

#A4AABE #BEABA4 #B7BEA4

monochromatic

#616987 #8089A5 #A4AABE #C8CBD8 #EBEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4AABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A4AABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AABE

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AABE	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.030 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3d1',
    500: '#a4aabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aabe;
$custom-light: #bfc3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73968,
    "c": 0.02957,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AABE

secondary

#E3E1DB

accent

#884B9B

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F7F9

border

#D0D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AABE

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

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