#A4A4AA#A4A4AA

#A4A4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A4AA
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 1.16, -3.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 3.31, 290.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0024 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8397, 37.3456, 43.3427)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A4AA #AAAAA4

analogous

#A4A7AA #A4A4AA #A7A4AA

triadic

#A4A4AA #AAA4A4 #A4AAA4

tetradic

#A4A4AA #AAA4A7 #AAAAA4 #A4AAA7

square

#A4A4AA #AAA4A7 #AAAAA4 #A4AAA7

split-complementary

#A4A4AA #AAA7A4 #A7AAA4

monochromatic

#66666D #84848C #A4A4AA #C4C4C8 #E3E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A4A4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A4A4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A4AA

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A4AA	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbfc3',
    500: '#a4a4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a4aa;
$custom-light: #bfbfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72056,
    "c": 0.00859,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A4AA

secondary

#D6D6D4

accent

#8D588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F6F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A4AA

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

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