#A4ABC6#A4ABC6

#A4ABC6 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.040 H 273.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ABC6
RGB	rgb(164, 171, 198)
HSL	hsl(228, 23%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 13.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, 3.16, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 14.91, 282.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% 0.0027 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.04 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0634, 41.0949, 59.2365)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ABC6 #C6BFA4

analogous

#A4BCC6 #A4ABC6 #AEA4C6

triadic

#A4ABC6 #C6A4AB #ABC6A4

tetradic

#A4ABC6 #C6A4BC #C6BFA4 #A4C6AE

square

#A4ABC6 #C6A4BC #C6BFA4 #A4C6AE

split-complementary

#A4ABC6 #C6AEA4 #BCC6A4

monochromatic

#5C6893 #7E88AE #A4ABC6 #CACEDE #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A4ABC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#A4ABC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ABC6

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ABC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ABC6	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ADC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CB0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4abc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 171, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.040 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4d7',
    500: '#a4abc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4abc6;
$custom-light: #bfc4d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4abc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 22.973,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.03965,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ABC6

secondary

#E7E6DE

accent

#8E44A1

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ABC6

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

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