#A4B8BE#A4B8BE

#A4B8BE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.024 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B8BE
RGB	rgb(164, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(194, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -5.61, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 7.76, 223.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0187 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.024 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7423, 45.8903, 55.3637)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B8BE #BEAAA4

analogous

#A4BEB7 #A4B8BE #A4ABBE

triadic

#A4B8BE #BEA4B8 #B8BEA4

tetradic

#A4B8BE #B7A4BE #BEAAA4 #ABBEA4

square

#A4B8BE #B7A4BE #BEAAA4 #ABBEA4

split-complementary

#A4B8BE #BEA4AB #BEB7A4

monochromatic

#617E87 #809CA5 #A4B8BE #C8D4D8 #EBF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A4B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#A4B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B8BE

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B8BE	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9DBABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.024 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcdd1',
    500: '#a4b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b8be;
$custom-light: #bfcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76918,
    "c": 0.02368,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B8BE

secondary

#E3DDDB

accent

#5D4B9B

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F9F9

border

#D0D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B8BE

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

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