#A4ABBD#A4ABBD

#A4ABBD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.027 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ABBD
RGB	rgb(164, 171, 189)
HSL	hsl(223, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(223, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 1.21, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 10.11, 276.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0006 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.027 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0560, 40.6919, 53.9309)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ABBD #BDB6A4

analogous

#A4B8BD #A4ABBD #AAA4BD

triadic

#A4ABBD #BDA4AB #ABBDA4

tetradic

#A4ABBD #BDA4B8 #BDB6A4 #A4BDAA

square

#A4ABBD #BDA4B8 #BDB6A4 #A4BDAA

split-complementary

#A4ABBD #BDAAA4 #B8BDA4

monochromatic

#616B86 #818AA3 #A4ABBD #C7CCD7 #EBECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A4ABBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#A4ABBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ABBD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ABBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ABBD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EAEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4abbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 171, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.027 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4d0',
    500: '#a4abbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4abbd;
$custom-light: #bfc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4abbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.2,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74142,
    "c": 0.02709,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ABBD

secondary

#E2E0DB

accent

#844B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ABBD

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

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