#A4B8BA#A4B8BA

#A4B8BA is a light, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.022 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B8BA
RGB	rgb(164, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(185, 14%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(185, 12%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -6.44, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 7.25, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0203 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.022 204)
XYZ	xyz(41.3111, 45.7179, 53.0928)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B8BA #BAA6A4

analogous

#A4BAB1 #A4B8BA #A4ADBA

triadic

#A4B8BA #BAA4B8 #B8BAA4

tetradic

#A4B8BA #B1A4BA #BAA6A4 #ADBAA4

square

#A4B8BA #B1A4BA #BAA6A4 #ADBAA4

split-complementary

#A4B8BA #BAA4AD #BAB1A4

monochromatic

#627F81 #819DA0 #A4B8BA #C7D3D4 #EAEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A4B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#A4B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B8BA

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B8BA	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B3BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.022 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcdce',
    500: '#a4b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b8ba;
$custom-light: #bfcdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 13.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76792,
    "c": 0.02224,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.45719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B8BA

secondary

#E0DADA

accent

#544E98

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B8BA

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

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