#A4BDCD#A4BDCD

#A4BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.036 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BDCD
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 29%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(203, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -5.05, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 12.00, 245.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0199 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.036 236)
XYZ	xyz(44.5239, 48.6942, 64.7988)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BDCD #CDB4A4

analogous

#A4CDC9 #A4BDCD #A4A8CD

triadic

#A4BDCD #CDA4BD #BDCDA4

tetradic

#A4BDCD #C9A4CD #CDB4A4 #A8CDA4

square

#A4BDCD #C9A4CD #CDB4A4 #A8CDA4

split-complementary

#A4BDCD #CDA4A8 #CDC9A4

monochromatic

#57839F #7DA0B7 #A4BDCD #CBDAE3 #EBF1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A4BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#A4BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BDCD

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BDCD	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.036 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfd0dc',
    500: '#a4bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bdcd;
$custom-light: #bfd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.415,
    "s": 29.078,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78472,
    "c": 0.03559,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.48695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BDCD

secondary

#EBE4E0

accent

#673EA8

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BDCD

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

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