#A4ABC2#A4ABC2

#A4ABC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.034 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ABC2
RGB	rgb(164, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(226, 20%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 15%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, 2.28, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 12.77, 280.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0013 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.034 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.6081, 40.9128, 56.8387)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ABC2 #C2BBA4

analogous

#A4BAC2 #A4ABC2 #ACA4C2

triadic

#A4ABC2 #C2A4AB #ABC2A4

tetradic

#A4ABC2 #C2A4BA #C2BBA4 #A4C2AC

square

#A4ABC2 #C2A4BA #C2BBA4 #A4C2AC

split-complementary

#A4ABC2 #C2ACA4 #BAC2A4

monochromatic

#5F698D #7F89A9 #A4ABC2 #C9CDDB #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A4ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A4ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ABC2

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ABC2	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.034 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4d4',
    500: '#a4abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4abc2;
$custom-light: #bfc4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226,
    "s": 19.737,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ABC2

secondary

#E5E3DD

accent

#8A479E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ABC2

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

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