#A4AEAA#A4AEAA

#A4AEAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEAA
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 170)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -4.28, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 4.36, 168.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0124 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7002, 41.0666, 43.9629)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEAA #AEA4A8

analogous

#A4AEA5 #A4AEAA #A4ADAE

triadic

#A4AEAA #AAA4AE #AEAAA4

tetradic

#A4AEAA #A5A4AE #AEA4A8 #ADAEA4

square

#A4AEAA #A5A4AE #AEA4A8 #ADAEA4

split-complementary

#A4AEAA #AEA4AD #AEA5A4

monochromatic

#66726D #84918C #A4AEAA #C4CBC8 #E5E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A4AEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#A4AEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEAA

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEAA	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aeaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6c3',
    500: '#a4aeaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aeaa;
$custom-light: #bfc6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aeaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.01259,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEAA

secondary

#D9D5D7

accent

#566D90

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEAA

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

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