#A4ACB8#A4ACB8

#A4ACB8 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.019 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACB8
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 184)
HSL	hsl(216, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -0.39, -7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 7.11, 266.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0039 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.02 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7122, 40.8578, 51.1849)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACB8 #B8B0A4

analogous

#A4B6B8 #A4ACB8 #A6A4B8

triadic

#A4ACB8 #B8A4AC #ACB8A4

tetradic

#A4ACB8 #B8A4B6 #B8B0A4 #A4B8A6

square

#A4ACB8 #B8A4B6 #B8B0A4 #A4B8A6

split-complementary

#A4ACB8 #B8A6A4 #B6B8A4

monochromatic

#636E7F #828D9D #A4ACB8 #C6CBD3 #E9EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A4ACB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A4ACB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACB8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACB8	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FAEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4acb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.019 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4cd',
    500: '#a4acb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4acb8;
$custom-light: #bfc4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4acb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.0195,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACB8

secondary

#DFDDD9

accent

#7A4F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACB8

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

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