#A4A4AC#A4A4AC

#A4A4AC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.011 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A4AC
RGB	rgb(164, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 1.55, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 4.41, 290.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0032 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.011 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0303, 37.4219, 44.3467)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A4AC #ACACA4

analogous

#A4A8AC #A4A4AC #A8A4AC

triadic

#A4A4AC #ACA4A4 #A4ACA4

tetradic

#A4A4AC #ACA4A8 #ACACA4 #A4ACA8

square

#A4A4AC #ACA4A8 #ACACA4 #A4ACA8

split-complementary

#A4A4AC #ACA8A4 #A8ACA4

monochromatic

#666670 #84848F #A4A4AC #C4C4C9 #E4E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A4A4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A4A4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A4AC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A4AC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.011 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbfc4',
    500: '#a4a4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a4ac;
$custom-light: #bfbfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72119,
    "c": 0.01146,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A4AC

secondary

#D7D7D5

accent

#8E578E

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F6F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A4AC

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

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