#A4AAC2#A4AAC2

#A4AAC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.035 H 274.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAC2
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 194)
HSL	hsl(228, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(228, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 12.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 2.83, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 13.27, 282.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0027 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.035 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4199, 40.5364, 56.7760)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAC2 #C2BCA4

analogous

#A4B9C2 #A4AAC2 #ADA4C2

triadic

#A4AAC2 #C2A4AA #AAC2A4

tetradic

#A4AAC2 #C2A4B9 #C2BCA4 #A4C2AD

square

#A4AAC2 #C2A4B9 #C2BCA4 #A4C2AD

split-complementary

#A4AAC2 #C2ADA4 #B9C2A4

monochromatic

#5F688D #7F88A9 #A4AAC2 #C9CCDB #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4AAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A4AAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAC2

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAC2	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ACC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.035 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3d4',
    500: '#a4aac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aac2;
$custom-light: #bfc3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74108,
    "c": 0.03519,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAC2

secondary

#E5E3DD

accent

#8D479E

background

#FBFBFD

surface

#F7F7FA

border

#D0D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAC2

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

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