#A4AA9C#A4AA9C

#A4AA9C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.021 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AA9C
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(86, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(86, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -4.74, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 8.03, 126.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0123 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.021 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6844, 39.0422, 37.1020)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AA9C #A29CAA

analogous

#AAA99C #A4AA9C #9DAA9C

triadic

#A4AA9C #9CA4AA #AA9CA4

tetradic

#A4AA9C #9CAAA9 #A29CAA #AA9C9D

square

#A4AA9C #9CAAA9 #A29CAA #AA9C9D

split-complementary

#A4AA9C #9C9DAA #A99CAA

monochromatic

#676E5E #868E7B #A4AA9C #C2C6BD #E1E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A4AA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#A4AA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AA9C

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AA9C	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.021 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3b9',
    500: '#a4aa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aa9c;
$custom-light: #bfc3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.02091,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AA9C

secondary

#D1CED3

accent

#54926E

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AA9C

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

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