#A4AAA6#A4AAA6

#A4AAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAA6
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -2.89, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 3.17, 155.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.0081 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(36.5663, 39.3950, 41.7466)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAA6 #AAA4A8

analogous

#A5AAA4 #A4AAA6 #A4AAA9

triadic

#A4AAA6 #A6A4AA #AAA6A4

tetradic

#A4AAA6 #A4A5AA #AAA4A8 #AAA9A4

square

#A4AAA6 #A4A5AA #AAA4A8 #AAA9A4

split-complementary

#A4AAA6 #A9A4AA #AAA4A5

monochromatic

#666D69 #848C87 #A4AAA6 #C4C8C5 #E3E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A4AAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#A4AAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAA6

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAA6	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c0',
    500: '#a4aaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaa6;
$custom-light: #bfc3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.00884,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.39395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAA6

secondary

#D6D4D5

accent

#587C8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAA6

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

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