#A4ACAA#A4ACAA

#A4ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.009 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACAA
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, -3.20, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 3.20, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0095 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.009 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3167, 40.2996, 43.8350)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACAA #ACA4A6

analogous

#A4ACA6 #A4ACAA #A4AAAC

triadic

#A4ACAA #AAA4AC #ACAAA4

tetradic

#A4ACAA #A6A4AC #ACA4A6 #AAACA4

square

#A4ACAA #A6A4AC #ACA4A6 #AAACA4

split-complementary

#A4ACAA #ACA4AA #ACA6A4

monochromatic

#66706D #848F8C #A4ACAA #C4C9C8 #E4E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A4ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#A4ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACAA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACAA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.009 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c3',
    500: '#a4acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4acaa;
$custom-light: #bfc4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.00946,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACAA

secondary

#D7D5D5

accent

#57658E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACAA

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

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