#A4BDEC#A4BDEC

#A4BDEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.073 H 262.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4BDEC
RGB	rgb(164, 189, 236)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(219, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 2.19, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 26.22, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.009 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.073 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6434, 50.3420, 86.4946)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4BDEC #ECD3A4

analogous

#A4E1EC #A4BDEC #AFA4EC

triadic

#A4BDEC #ECA4BD #BDECA4

tetradic

#A4BDEC #ECA4E1 #ECD3A4 #A4ECAF

square

#A4BDEC #ECA4E1 #ECD3A4 #A4ECAF

split-complementary

#A4BDEC #ECAFA4 #E1ECA4

monochromatic

#3F74D7 #7198E1 #A4BDEC #D7E2F7 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#A4BDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#A4BDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4BDEC

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4BDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4BDEC	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4bdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 189, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.073 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0d0f2',
    500: '#a4bdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4bdec;
$custom-light: #c0d0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4bdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79609,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4BDEC

secondary

#C8A86C

accent

#8E18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4BDEC

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

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