#A4A8A6#A4A8A6

#A4A8A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.005 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8A6
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 166)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(150, 2%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -1.80, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 1.88, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0052 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.005 165)
XYZ	xyz(36.1942, 38.6508, 41.6225)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8A6 #A8A4A6

analogous

#A4A8A4 #A4A8A6 #A4A8A8

triadic

#A4A8A6 #A6A4A8 #A8A6A4

tetradic

#A4A8A6 #A4A4A8 #A8A4A6 #A8A8A4

square

#A4A8A6 #A4A4A8 #A8A4A6 #A8A8A4

split-complementary

#A4A8A6 #A8A4A8 #A8A4A4

monochromatic

#666B69 #858A87 #A4A8A6 #C3C6C5 #E3E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#A4A8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#A4A8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8A6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8A6	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A7A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.005 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1c0',
    500: '#a4a8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8a6;
$custom-light: #bfc1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.247,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72775,
    "c": 0.00535,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.38651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8A6

secondary

#D5D3D4

accent

#59738C

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8A6

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

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