#A4A0AE#A4A0AE

#A4A0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.021 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A0AE
RGB	rgb(164, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 4.16, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 7.91, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0099 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.021 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5192, 36.0901, 45.1310)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A0AE #AAAEA0

analogous

#A0A3AE #A4A0AE #ABA0AE

triadic

#A4A0AE #AEA4A0 #A0AEA4

tetradic

#A4A0AE #AEA0A3 #AAAEA0 #A0AEAB

square

#A4A0AE #AEA0A3 #AAAEA0 #A0AEAB

split-complementary

#A4A0AE #AEABA0 #A3AEA0

monochromatic

#666172 #847F92 #A4A0AE #C4C1CA #E3E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A4A0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A4A0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A0AE

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A0AE	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.021 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbcc6',
    500: '#a4a0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a0ae;
$custom-light: #bfbcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.02055,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A0AE

secondary

#D6D7D3

accent

#925480

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F7F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A0AE

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

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