#A4ACA0#A4ACA0

#A4ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.019 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACA0
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(100, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(100, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -5.09, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 7.27, 134.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0136 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.019 135)
XYZ	xyz(36.4064, 39.9355, 39.0412)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACA0 #A8A0AC

analogous

#AAACA0 #A4ACA0 #A0ACA2

triadic

#A4ACA0 #A0A4AC #ACA0A4

tetradic

#A4ACA0 #A0AAAC #A8A0AC #ACA2A0

square

#A4ACA0 #A0AAAC #A8A0AC #ACA2A0

split-complementary

#A4ACA0 #A2A0AC #ACA0AA

monochromatic

#667062 #858F7F #A4ACA0 #C3C9C1 #E3E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A4ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A4ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACA0

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACA0	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.019 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bc',
    500: '#a4aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aca0;
$custom-light: #bfc4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.01921,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.39936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACA0

secondary

#D5D2D6

accent

#55917D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACA0

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

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