#A4AAA9#A4AAA9

#A4AAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.007 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAA9
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 3%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(170, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -2.31, -0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 2.32, 185.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0069 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.007 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8447, 39.5063, 43.2128)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAA9 #AAA4A5

analogous

#A4AAA6 #A4AAA9 #A4A8AA

triadic

#A4AAA9 #A9A4AA #AAA9A4

tetradic

#A4AAA9 #A6A4AA #AAA4A5 #A8AAA4

square

#A4AAA9 #A6A4AA #AAA4A5 #A8AAA4

split-complementary

#A4AAA9 #AAA4A8 #AAA6A4

monochromatic

#666D6C #848C8B #A4AAA9 #C4C8C7 #E3E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A4AAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#A4AAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAA9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAA9	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.007 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c2',
    500: '#a4aaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaa9;
$custom-light: #bfc3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 3.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.00695,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAA9

secondary

#D6D4D4

accent

#58618D

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F6F7F7

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAA9

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

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