#A4AAA8#A4AAA8

#A4AAA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.007 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAA8
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(160, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -2.50, 0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 2.52, 173.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0073 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.007 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7511, 39.4689, 42.7203)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAA8 #AAA4A6

analogous

#A4AAA5 #A4AAA8 #A4A9AA

triadic

#A4AAA8 #A8A4AA #AAA8A4

tetradic

#A4AAA8 #A5A4AA #AAA4A6 #A9AAA4

square

#A4AAA8 #A5A4AA #AAA4A6 #A9AAA4

split-complementary

#A4AAA8 #AAA4A9 #AAA5A4

monochromatic

#666D6B #848C8A #A4AAA8 #C4C8C6 #E3E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A4AAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#A4AAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAA8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAA8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.007 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c1',
    500: '#a4aaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaa8;
$custom-light: #bfc3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.00737,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAA8

secondary

#D6D4D5

accent

#586A8D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAA8

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

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