#A4ACA8#A4ACA8

#A4ACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.011 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACA8
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(150, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(150, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -3.58, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 3.74, 163.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0103 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.011 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1289, 40.2245, 42.8462)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACA8 #ACA4A8

analogous

#A4ACA4 #A4ACA8 #A4ACAC

triadic

#A4ACA8 #A8A4AC #ACA8A4

tetradic

#A4ACA8 #A4A4AC #ACA4A8 #ACACA4

square

#A4ACA8 #A4A4AC #ACA4A8 #ACACA4

split-complementary

#A4ACA8 #ACA4AC #ACA4A4

monochromatic

#66706B #848F89 #A4ACA8 #C4C9C7 #E4E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A4ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACA8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACA8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.011 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c1',
    500: '#a4aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aca8;
$custom-light: #bfc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.01065,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACA8

secondary

#D7D5D6

accent

#57738E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACA8

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

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