#A4A8A4#A4A8A4

#A4A8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8A4
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -2.18, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 2.68, 144.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.006 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0122, 38.5780, 40.6638)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8A4 #A8A4A8

analogous

#A6A8A4 #A4A8A4 #A4A8A6

triadic

#A4A8A4 #A4A4A8 #A8A4A4

tetradic

#A4A8A4 #A4A6A8 #A8A4A8 #A8A6A4

square

#A4A8A4 #A4A6A8 #A8A4A8 #A8A6A4

split-complementary

#A4A8A4 #A6A4A8 #A8A4A6

monochromatic

#666B66 #858A85 #A4A8A4 #C3C6C3 #E3E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4A8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#A4A8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8A4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8A4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1bf',
    500: '#a4a8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8a4;
$custom-light: #bfc1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.247,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.00726,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8A4

secondary

#D5D3D5

accent

#598C8C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8A4

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

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