#A4A6AA#A4A6AA

#A4A6AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.006 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A6AA
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(220, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(220, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 0.06, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 2.31, 271.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0006 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.006 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2004, 38.0671, 43.4630)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A6AA #AAA8A4

analogous

#A4A9AA #A4A6AA #A5A4AA

triadic

#A4A6AA #AAA4A6 #A6AAA4

tetradic

#A4A6AA #AAA4A9 #AAA8A4 #A4AAA5

square

#A4A6AA #AAA4A9 #AAA8A4 #A4AAA5

split-complementary

#A4A6AA #AAA5A4 #A9AAA4

monochromatic

#66696D #84878C #A4A6AA #C4C5C8 #E3E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A4A6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A4A6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A6AA

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A6AA	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.006 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc0c3',
    500: '#a4a6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a6aa;
$custom-light: #bfc0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.00619,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A6AA

secondary

#D6D5D4

accent

#7C588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A6AA

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

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