#A4AEAD#A4AEAD

#A4AEAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.011 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEAD
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 173)
HSL	hsl(174, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(174, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -3.69, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 3.76, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0112 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.011 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9872, 41.1814, 45.4745)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEAD #AEA4A5

analogous

#A4AEA8 #A4AEAD #A4AAAE

triadic

#A4AEAD #ADA4AE #AEADA4

tetradic

#A4AEAD #A8A4AE #AEA4A5 #AAAEA4

square

#A4AEAD #A8A4AE #AEA4A5 #AAAEA4

split-complementary

#A4AEAD #AEA4AA #AEA8A4

monochromatic

#667271 #849190 #A4AEAD #C4CBCA #E5E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A4AEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A4AEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEAD

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEAD	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADADAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.011 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6c5',
    500: '#a4aead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aead;
$custom-light: #bfc6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7426,
    "c": 0.01134,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEAD

secondary

#D9D5D6

accent

#565C90

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121312

muted

#818281

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEAD

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

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