#A4B8BC#A4B8BC

#A4B8BC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.023 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B8BC
RGB	rgb(164, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(190, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -6.02, -4.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 7.43, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.0195 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.023 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5252, 45.8035, 54.2204)
Luminance	0.4580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B8BC #BCA8A4

analogous

#A4BCB4 #A4B8BC #A4ACBC

triadic

#A4B8BC #BCA4B8 #B8BCA4

tetradic

#A4B8BC #B4A4BC #BCA8A4 #ACBCA4

square

#A4B8BC #B4A4BC #BCA8A4 #ACBCA4

split-complementary

#A4B8BC #BCA4AC #BCB4A4

monochromatic

#617E84 #819CA2 #A4B8BC #C7D4D6 #EAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A4B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#A4B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B8BC

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B8BC	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DBAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.023 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcdd0',
    500: '#a4b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b8bc;
$custom-light: #bfcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 15.19,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76854,
    "c": 0.0228,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B8BC

secondary

#E1DCDA

accent

#594C99

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B8BC

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

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