#A4ACB6#A4ACB6

#A4ACB6 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.017 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACB6
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 182)
HSL	hsl(213, 11%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(213, 10%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -0.80, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 6.14, 262.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0047 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.017 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5040, 40.7745, 50.0886)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACB6 #B6AEA4

analogous

#A4B5B6 #A4ACB6 #A5A4B6

triadic

#A4ACB6 #B6A4AC #ACB6A4

tetradic

#A4ACB6 #B6A4B5 #B6AEA4 #A4B6A5

square

#A4ACB6 #B6A4B5 #B6AEA4 #A4B6A5

split-complementary

#A4ACB6 #B6A5A4 #B5B6A4

monochromatic

#646E7C #828D9B #A4ACB6 #C6CBD1 #E8EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A4ACB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A4ACB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACB6

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACB6	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4acb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.017 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4cb',
    500: '#a4acb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4acb6;
$custom-light: #bfc4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4acb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 10.976,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74119,
    "c": 0.01701,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACB6

secondary

#DEDBD8

accent

#775095

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACB6

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

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