#A4AEB4#A4AEB4

#A4AEB4 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.014 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEB4
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(203, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -2.30, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 4.85, 241.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0084 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.014 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6823, 41.4594, 49.1357)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEB4 #B4AAA4

analogous

#A4B4B2 #A4AEB4 #A4A6B4

triadic

#A4AEB4 #B4A4AE #AEB4A4

tetradic

#A4AEB4 #B2A4B4 #B4AAA4 #A6B4A4

square

#A4AEB4 #B2A4B4 #B4AAA4 #A6B4A4

split-complementary

#A4AEB4 #B4A4A6 #B4B2A4

monochromatic

#647179 #829098 #A4AEB4 #C6CCD0 #E7EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A4AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A4AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEB4

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEB4	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.014 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6ca',
    500: '#a4aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aeb4;
$custom-light: #bfc6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 9.639,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74477,
    "c": 0.01421,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEB4

secondary

#DCD9D7

accent

#6B5294

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEB4

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

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