#A4AEB8#A4AEB8

#A4AEB8 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.018 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEB8
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(210, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(210, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -1.48, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 6.48, 256.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0068 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.018 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.0957, 41.6248, 51.3128)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEB8 #B8AEA4

analogous

#A4B8B8 #A4AEB8 #A4A4B8

triadic

#A4AEB8 #B8A4AE #AEB8A4

tetradic

#A4AEB8 #B8A4B8 #B8AEA4 #A4B8A4

square

#A4AEB8 #B8A4B8 #B8AEA4 #A4B8A4

split-complementary

#A4AEB8 #B8A4A4 #B8B8A4

monochromatic

#63717F #828F9D #A4AEB8 #C6CDD3 #E9EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A4AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A4AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEB8

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEB8	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.018 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6cd',
    500: '#a4aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aeb8;
$custom-light: #bfc6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74605,
    "c": 0.01828,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEB8

secondary

#DFDCD9

accent

#734F96

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEB8

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

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