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Muted Light Blue
#A4A4B7

Muted Light Blue (#A4A4B7) with RGB(164, 164, 183) and HSL(240, 12%, 68%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.

IndigoSoftneutral
Interactive

UI Sandbox

Project Dashboard
Active theme: Muted Light Blue
Values

Production-ready color values

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HEX
#A4A4B7
RGB
rgb(164, 164, 183)
HSL
hsl(240, 12%, 68%)
HSV
hsv(240, 10%, 72%)
CMYK
cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 28%)
Decimal
10790071
Contrast

Accessibility checks

Aa
On white
2.45:1
Aa
On black
8.57:1
Accessibility

Contrast Audit

On White
FAIL
Text
2.45:1
On Black
WCAG AA PASS
Text
8.57:1
Vision

Simulator

protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Harmonies

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Analysis

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Muted Light Blue (#A4A4B7) with RGB(164, 164, 183) and HSL(240, 12%, 68%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems.
indigosoftcoolhex-a4a4b7h-240s-12l-68
Region

Language

Developer Handoff

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CSS
/* Muted Light Blue */
color: #A4A4B7;
background-color: #A4A4B7;
border-color: #A4A4B7;
box-shadow: 0 4px 24px #a4a4b740;
Tailwind CSS
bg-[#A4A4B7] text-[#A4A4B7] border-[#A4A4B7] ring-[#A4A4B7]
SwiftUI
Color(red: 0.643, green: 0.643, blue: 0.718)
Flutter / Dart
Color(0xFFA4A4B7)
Android XML
<color name="muted_light_blue">#A4A4B7</color>
React Native
{ color: '#A4A4B7' }
Social Media

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Brand Match

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Sherwin-Williams
Mindful Gray
SW 7016 · #B7B3AB
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About

About Muted Light Blue

This section gives the same kind of richer color context you’d expect from a dedicated color reference page.

Meaning
Muted Light Blue sits in the indigo family with a soft tone, so it holds enough weight for primary UI accents. It reads as calm, credible, and interface-friendly.
Applications
Muted Light Blue (#A4A4B7) with RGB(164, 164, 183) and HSL(240, 12%, 68%). Suitable for modern interface themes, branding accents, and design systems. It performs better as foreground color on dark interfaces and dense contrast surfaces.
Family
Indigo
Tone
Soft
Temperature
cool
Keywords
indigo, soft, cool, hex-a4a4b7, h-240, s-12
Conversion

Color conversions

Use these values in CSS, product docs, design tokens, and print-oriented workflows.

HEX
#A4A4B7
RGB
rgb(164, 164, 183)
HSL
hsl(240, 12%, 68%)
HSV
hsv(240, 10%, 72%)
CMYK
cmyk(10%, 10%, 0%, 28%)
Variations

Shades and tonal variations

Build softer surfaces, deeper states, and a cleaner tonal system from the same base hue.

900
#121217
800
#22222B
700
#383847
600
#4F4F64
500
#656581
400
#7E7E9A
Color harmonies

Harmony-based palette routes

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Blindness simulator

Color blindness preview

These simulations help you judge whether the color keeps enough identity across common color-vision variations.

Protanopia
#A4A4B2
Red-sensitive cones are reduced, so warm reds and greens can collapse toward similar mid-tones.
Deuteranopia
#A4A4B1
Green-sensitive cones are reduced, which often compresses green and red distinctions.
Tritanopia
#A4AFAE
Blue-sensitive cones are reduced, which shifts blues and yellows toward flatter blends.
Contrast checker

Accessibility contrast snapshots

Use these quick checks to understand where the color is more reliable for text, icons, and UI foregrounds.

Aa
On white
2.45:1
Fails normal and large text guidance.
Aa
On black
8.57:1
AAA passes for normal text.
Similar colors

Nearby color references

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Color libraries

Library-ready mappings

These mappings help you slot the color into CSS names, Tailwind-like scales, and semantic design tokens faster.

CSS named match
Muted Light Blue
Closest standard CSS name to #A4A4B7 for developer-friendly reference and docs.
Design token
--color-indigo-soft
A token-friendly alias you can use in design systems, Tailwind maps, or CSS variables.
Tailwind-friendly scale
indigo-500
A naming pattern that fits Tailwind-style scale systems and keeps #A4A4B7 as the core value.
HSL token
240 12% 68%
Useful when your component library or theme layer stores semantic colors in HSL channels.