Color
#A4A1B7
Light muted cool violet. Nearest reference color: Heliotrope gray.
RGB
0–255CMYK
0–100%RGB describes how #A4A1B7 is represented with light on digital screens. This color combines red 164, green 161 and blue 183.
CMYK describes the same color using the four components commonly used in printing: cyan 10.38%, magenta 12.02%, yellow 0% and black 28.24%.
HSL values
In the HSL color model, #A4A1B7 has a hue of 248.18°, 13.25% saturation and 67.45% lightness. The sliders below show where this color sits across each of these three dimensions.
Color insight
#A4A1B7 is a light, cool violet with muted chroma.
- Temperature
- Cool
- Lightness
- Light
- Chroma
- Muted
Color formats
Copy #A4A1B7 in a format ready to use in CSS, design tools or other applications.
#A4A1B7
rgb(164, 161, 183)
hsl(248.18 13.25% 67.45%)
oklch(0.718641 0.031763 291.839)
--color: #A4A1B7;
Tints of #A4A1B7
Tints are lighter variations of #A4A1B7. They keep the character of the original color while moving progressively toward a lighter appearance.
Shades of #A4A1B7
Shades are darker variations of #A4A1B7. Moving toward black increases visual depth while preserving the underlying hue of the color.
Tones of #A4A1B7
Tones reduce the chroma of #A4A1B7, producing quieter and more muted variations without simply making the color lighter or darker.
Tonal range of #A4A1B7
A continuous light-to-dark scale places #A4A1B7 between its lighter tints and deeper shades.
CSS color scale
Use this tonal range as reusable CSS custom properties.
:root {
--color-100: #EEECFF;
--color-200: #DBD8EF;
--color-300: #C8C5DC;
--color-400: #B6B3C9;
--color-500: #A4A1B7;
--color-600: #777489;
--color-700: #4D4A5D;
--color-800: #262435;
--color-900: #060410;
}Colors that go with #A4A1B7
Color harmonies for #A4A1B7 are generated by rotating its hue in the OKLCH color space while preserving its lightness and chroma. This creates classic complementary, analogous, triadic and other hue relationships with more consistent perceptual balance.
Complementary
Opposite on the color wheel, creating the strongest direct hue contrast.
Triadic
Three evenly spaced hues that create a broader, balanced color relationship.
Split complementary
Two hues around the complementary color, providing contrast with more variation.
CSS gradients with #A4A1B7
These gradients show how #A4A1B7 moves toward white, black and its complementary color. Each gradient includes ready-to-use CSS that can be copied directly into a project.
Toward white
A light gradient that moves from the original color toward white.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #A4A1B7, #BAB8C9, #D1CFDB, #E8E7ED, #FFFFFF);
Toward black
A dark gradient that moves from the original color toward black.
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #A4A1B7, #6E6C7B, #3D3C45, #111115, #000000);
Text contrast and accessibility
Contrast determines how clearly text can be distinguished from #A4A1B7. The values below compare white and black text using WCAG contrast ratios.
Recommended text color: #000000 . Relative luminance: 0.3680 .
Accessible CSS
Use the recommended text color with #A4A1B7 as the background.
background-color: #A4A1B7;
color: #000000;Using #A4A1B7 in design
See how #A4A1B7 works in a simple interface. The examples below use the color as a background, accent and interface element, with text chosen from its accessibility result.
#A4A1B7 used as a full background with its recommended text color.
Use #A4A1B7 to emphasize selected interface elements without filling the entire surface.
Colors similar to #A4A1B7
These nearby colors are generated from perceptual variations of #A4A1B7, including changes in lightness, chroma and hue.
Color vision simulation
The simulations below show mathematical approximations of how #A4A1B7 may shift under three forms of color vision deficiency. They are simulations, not a diagnosis or an exact representation of any individual person's vision.
Simulation based on the model by Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009), published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2009.113.
Advanced color values
Beyond RGB, CMYK and HSL, #A4A1B7 can also be represented in perceptual and device-independent color spaces used in color science and modern design tools.
XYZ
- X
- 36.6002
- Y
- 36.801
- Z
- 49.9656
CIELAB
- L*
- 67.1274
- a*
- 5.4551
- b*
- -10.9417
OKLab
- L
- 0.718641
- a
- 0.011816
- b
- -0.029483
OKLCH
- L
- 0.718641
- C
- 0.031763
- H
- 291.839°