#A4A2AE#A4A2AE

#A4A2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.017 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A2AE
RGB	rgb(164, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(250, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(250, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 3.05, -5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 6.68, 297.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.0069 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.017 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8687, 36.7891, 45.2475)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A2AE #ACAEA2

analogous

#A2A6AE #A4A2AE #AAA2AE

triadic

#A4A2AE #AEA4A2 #A2AEA4

tetradic

#A4A2AE #AEA2A6 #ACAEA2 #A2AEAA

square

#A4A2AE #AEA2A6 #ACAEA2 #A2AEAA

split-complementary

#A4A2AE #AEAAA2 #A6AEA2

monochromatic

#666372 #848192 #A4A2AE #C4C3CA #E4E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A4A2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A4A2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A2AE

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A2AE	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.017 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbdc6',
    500: '#a4a2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a2ae;
$custom-light: #bfbdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71767,
    "c": 0.01733,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A2AE

secondary

#D7D8D4

accent

#915587

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A2AE

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

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