#A4ABC3#A4ABC3

#A4ABC3 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.035 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ABC3
RGB	rgb(164, 171, 195)
HSL	hsl(226, 21%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(226, 16%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, 2.50, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 13.30, 280.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% 0.0016 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.035 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7208, 40.9579, 57.4321)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ABC3 #C3BCA4

analogous

#A4BAC3 #A4ABC3 #ACA4C3

triadic

#A4ABC3 #C3A4AB #ABC3A4

tetradic

#A4ABC3 #C3A4BA #C3BCA4 #A4C3AC

square

#A4ABC3 #C3A4BA #C3BCA4 #A4C3AC

split-complementary

#A4ABC3 #C3ACA4 #BAC3A4

monochromatic

#5E698F #7F89AB #A4ABC3 #C9CDDB #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A4ABC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A4ABC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ABC3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ABC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ABC3	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AAC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DAFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4abc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 171, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.035 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4d5',
    500: '#a4abc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4abc3;
$custom-light: #bfc4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4abc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.452,
    "s": 20.53,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74351,
    "c": 0.03543,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ABC3

secondary

#E6E4DD

accent

#8B479F

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ABC3

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

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