#A4ACAC#A4ACAC

#A4ACAC is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.009 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4ACAC
RGB	rgb(164, 172, 172)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -2.81, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 2.97, 199.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0087 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.009 197)
XYZ	xyz(37.5073, 40.3758, 44.8390)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4ACAC #ACA4A4

analogous

#A4ACA8 #A4ACAC #A4A8AC

triadic

#A4ACAC #ACA4AC #ACACA4

tetradic

#A4ACAC #A8A4AC #ACA4A4 #A8ACA4

square

#A4ACAC #A8A4AC #ACA4A4 #A8ACA4

split-complementary

#A4ACAC #ACA4A8 #ACA8A4

monochromatic

#667070 #848F8F #A4ACAC #C4C9C9 #E4E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A4ACAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A4ACAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4ACAC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4ACAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4ACAC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4acac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 172, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.009 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c4',
    500: '#a4acac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4acac;
$custom-light: #bfc4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4acac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73804,
    "c": 0.00905,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.40376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4ACAC

secondary

#D7D5D5

accent

#57578E

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4ACAC

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

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