#A4A8A2#A4A8A2

#A4A8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.010 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8A2
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(100, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(100, 4%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -2.56, 2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 3.65, 134.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0068 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.01 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8330, 38.5063, 39.7201)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8A2 #A6A2A8

analogous

#A7A8A2 #A4A8A2 #A2A8A3

triadic

#A4A8A2 #A2A4A8 #A8A2A4

tetradic

#A4A8A2 #A2A7A8 #A6A2A8 #A8A3A2

square

#A4A8A2 #A2A7A8 #A6A2A8 #A8A3A2

split-complementary

#A4A8A2 #A3A2A8 #A8A2A7

monochromatic

#676B64 #858A82 #A4A8A2 #C3C6C2 #E2E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#A4A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8A2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8A2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A7A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.010 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1bd',
    500: '#a4a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8a2;
$custom-light: #bfc1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 3.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72657,
    "c": 0.00964,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8A2

secondary

#D3D2D4

accent

#588D7C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8A2

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

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