#A4AFBF#A4AFBF

#A4AFBF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.026 H 257.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AFBF
RGB	rgb(164, 175, 191)
HSL	hsl(216, 17%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -0.55, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 9.47, 266.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0056 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.026 257.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0416, 42.3134, 55.3378)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AFBF #BFB4A4

analogous

#A4BCBF #A4AFBF #A7A4BF

triadic

#A4AFBF #BFA4AF #AFBFA4

tetradic

#A4AFBF #BFA4BC #BFB4A4 #A4BFA7

square

#A4AFBF #BFA4BC #BFB4A4 #A4BFA7

split-complementary

#A4AFBF #BFA7A4 #BCBFA4

monochromatic

#607189 #808FA6 #A4AFBF #C8CFD8 #ECEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A4AFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#A4AFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AFBF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AFBF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ADBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4afbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 175, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.026 257.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6d2',
    500: '#a4afbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4afbf;
$custom-light: #bfc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4afbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.556,
    "s": 17.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75047,
    "c": 0.02612,
    "h": 257.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AFBF

secondary

#E3E0DC

accent

#7A4A9C

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AFBF

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

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