#A4ACA4#A4ACA4

#A4ACA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.014 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACA4
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 164)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -4.34, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 5.36, 144.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0119 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.014 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7620, 40.0777, 40.9138)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACA4 #ACA4AC

analogous

#A8ACA4 #A4ACA4 #A4ACA8

triadic

#A4ACA4 #A4A4AC #ACA4A4

tetradic

#A4ACA4 #A4A8AC #ACA4AC #ACA8A4

square

#A4ACA4 #A4A8AC #ACA4AC #ACA8A4

split-complementary

#A4ACA4 #A8A4AC #ACA4A8

monochromatic

#667066 #848F84 #A4ACA4 #C4C9C4 #E4E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A4ACA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A4ACA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACA4

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACA4	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.014 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bf',
    500: '#a4aca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aca4;
$custom-light: #bfc4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73568,
    "c": 0.01447,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACA4

secondary

#D7D5D7

accent

#578E8E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACA4

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

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