#A4B4BE#A4B4BE

#A4B4BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.023 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B4BE
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(203, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -3.46, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 7.78, 243.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0131 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.023 235.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9231, 44.2520, 55.0906)
Luminance	0.4425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B4BE #BEAEA4

analogous

#A4BEBB #A4B4BE #A4A7BE

triadic

#A4B4BE #BEA4B4 #B4BEA4

tetradic

#A4B4BE #BBA4BE #BEAEA4 #A7BEA4

square

#A4B4BE #BBA4BE #BEAEA4 #A7BEA4

split-complementary

#A4B4BE #BEA4A7 #BEBBA4

monochromatic

#617887 #8097A5 #A4B4BE #C8D1D8 #EBEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A4B4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A4B4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B4BE

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B4BE	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DB7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.023 235.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcad1',
    500: '#a4b4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b4be;
$custom-light: #bfcad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76068,
    "c": 0.02288,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B4BE

secondary

#E3DEDB

accent

#694B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B4BE

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

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