#A4AAA4#A4AAA4

#A4AAA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.011 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAA4
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(120, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -3.26, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 4.02, 144.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.009 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.011 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3842, 39.3222, 40.7879)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAA4 #AAA4AA

analogous

#A7AAA4 #A4AAA4 #A4AAA7

triadic

#A4AAA4 #A4A4AA #AAA4A4

tetradic

#A4AAA4 #A4A7AA #AAA4AA #AAA7A4

square

#A4AAA4 #A4A7AA #AAA4AA #AAA7A4

split-complementary

#A4AAA4 #A7A4AA #AAA4A7

monochromatic

#666D66 #848C84 #A4AAA4 #C4C8C4 #E3E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A4AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#A4AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAA4

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAA4	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.011 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3bf',
    500: '#a4aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaa4;
$custom-light: #bfc3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.01087,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAA4

secondary

#D6D4D6

accent

#588D8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAA4

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

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