#A4AEBE#A4AEBE

#A4AEBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.026 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEBE
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(217, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -0.22, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 9.35, 268.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0045 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.026 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7380, 41.8817, 54.6956)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEBE #BEB4A4

analogous

#A4BBBE #A4AEBE #A7A4BE

triadic

#A4AEBE #BEA4AE #AEBEA4

tetradic

#A4AEBE #BEA4BB #BEB4A4 #A4BEA7

square

#A4AEBE #BEA4BB #BEB4A4 #A4BEA7

split-complementary

#A4AEBE #BEA7A4 #BBBEA4

monochromatic

#616F87 #808EA5 #A4AEBE #C8CED8 #EBEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A4AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#A4AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEBE

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEBE	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.026 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6d1',
    500: '#a4aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aebe;
$custom-light: #bfc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74804,
    "c": 0.02562,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEBE

secondary

#E3E0DB

accent

#7C4B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEBE

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

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