#A4A8AA#A4A8AA

#A4A8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.005 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A8AA
RGB	rgb(164, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(200, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(200, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -1.03, -1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 1.84, 235.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0036 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.005 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5668, 38.7999, 43.5851)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A8AA #AAA6A4

analogous

#A4AAA9 #A4A8AA #A4A5AA

triadic

#A4A8AA #AAA4A8 #A8AAA4

tetradic

#A4A8AA #A9A4AA #AAA6A4 #A5AAA4

square

#A4A8AA #A9A4AA #AAA6A4 #A5AAA4

split-complementary

#A4A8AA #AAA4A5 #AAA9A4

monochromatic

#666B6D #848A8C #A4A8AA #C4C6C8 #E3E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A4A8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#A4A8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A8AA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A8AA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.005 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc1c3',
    500: '#a4a8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a8aa;
$custom-light: #bfc1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.00541,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A8AA

secondary

#D6D5D4

accent

#6A588D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A8AA

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

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