#A4AAAE#A4AAAE

#A4AAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AAAE
RGB	rgb(164, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(204, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(204, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -1.33, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 3.09, 244.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0049 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3230, 39.6977, 45.7323)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AAAE #AEA8A4

analogous

#A4AEAD #A4AAAE #A4A5AE

triadic

#A4AAAE #AEA4AA #AAAEA4

tetradic

#A4AAAE #ADA4AE #AEA8A4 #A5AEA4

square

#A4AAAE #ADA4AE #AEA8A4 #A5AEA4

split-complementary

#A4AAAE #AEA4A5 #AEADA4

monochromatic

#666D72 #848C91 #A4AAAE #C4C8CB #E5E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A4AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A4AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AAAE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AAAE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc3c6',
    500: '#a4aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aaae;
$custom-light: #bfc3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.00894,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AAAE

secondary

#D9D7D5

accent

#6D5690

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AAAE

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

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