#A4ABA4#A4ABA4

#A4ABA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.013 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ABA4
RGB	rgb(164, 171, 164)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 4.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -3.80, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 4.69, 144.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0104 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.013 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5724, 39.6985, 40.8506)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ABA4 #ABA4AB

analogous

#A7ABA4 #A4ABA4 #A4ABA7

triadic

#A4ABA4 #A4A4AB #ABA4A4

tetradic

#A4ABA4 #A4A7AB #ABA4AB #ABA7A4

square

#A4ABA4 #A4A7AB #ABA4AB #ABA7A4

split-complementary

#A4ABA4 #A7A4AB #ABA4A7

monochromatic

#666F66 #848E84 #A4ABA4 #C4C8C4 #E4E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A4ABA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A4ABA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ABA4

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ABA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ABA4	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)

#ABAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 171, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.013 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bf',
    500: '#a4aba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aba4;
$custom-light: #bfc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73354,
    "c": 0.01268,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ABA4

secondary

#D7D4D7

accent

#588E8E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ABA4

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

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