#A4A8A0#A4A8A0

#A4A8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.012 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8A0
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(90, 4%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(90, 5%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -2.93, 3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 4.67, 128.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0076 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.012 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6566, 38.4358, 38.7913)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8A0 #A4A0A8

analogous

#A8A8A0 #A4A8A0 #A0A8A0

triadic

#A4A8A0 #A0A4A8 #A8A0A4

tetradic

#A4A8A0 #A0A8A8 #A4A0A8 #A8A0A0

square

#A4A8A0 #A0A8A8 #A4A0A8 #A8A0A0

split-complementary

#A4A8A0 #A0A0A8 #A8A0A8

monochromatic

#676B62 #858B80 #A4A8A0 #C3C5C0 #E1E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A4A8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A4A8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8A0

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8A0	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.012 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1bc',
    500: '#a4a8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8a0;
$custom-light: #bfc1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 4.396,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.01222,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8A0

secondary

#D2D1D3

accent

#578E73

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8A0

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

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