#A4AEBC#A4AEBC

#A4AEBC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.023 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEBC
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(215, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(215, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -0.64, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 8.36, 265.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0053 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.023 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5209, 41.7949, 53.5523)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEBC #BCB2A4

analogous

#A4BABC #A4AEBC #A6A4BC

triadic

#A4AEBC #BCA4AE #AEBCA4

tetradic

#A4AEBC #BCA4BA #BCB2A4 #A4BCA6

square

#A4AEBC #BCA4BA #BCB2A4 #A4BCA6

split-complementary

#A4AEBC #BCA6A4 #BABCA4

monochromatic

#617084 #818FA2 #A4AEBC #C7CDD6 #EAEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A4AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A4AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEBC

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEBC	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.023 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6d0',
    500: '#a4aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aebc;
$custom-light: #bfc6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74737,
    "c": 0.02308,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEBC

secondary

#E1DEDA

accent

#794C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEBC

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

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