#A4AEB2#A4AEB2

#A4AEB2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEB2
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 8%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(197, 8%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 2.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -2.70, -3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 4.23, 230.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0092 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4801, 41.3785, 48.0704)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEB2 #B2A8A4

analogous

#A4B2AF #A4AEB2 #A4A7B2

triadic

#A4AEB2 #B2A4AE #AEB2A4

tetradic

#A4AEB2 #AFA4B2 #B2A8A4 #A7B2A4

square

#A4AEB2 #AFA4B2 #B2A8A4 #A7B2A4

split-complementary

#A4AEB2 #B2A4A7 #B2AFA4

monochromatic

#657277 #839096 #A4AEB2 #C5CCCE #E6E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A4AEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#A4AEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEB2

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEB2	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aeb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6c9',
    500: '#a4aeb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aeb2;
$custom-light: #bfc6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aeb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.01268,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEB2

secondary

#DBD8D7

accent

#655392

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEB2

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

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