#A4AEAE#A4AEAE

#A4AEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.011 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4AEAE
RGB	rgb(164, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -3.50, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 3.70, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0108 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.011 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0843, 41.2202, 45.9861)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4AEAE #AEA4A4

analogous

#A4AEA9 #A4AEAE #A4A9AE

triadic

#A4AEAE #AEA4AE #AEAEA4

tetradic

#A4AEAE #A9A4AE #AEA4A4 #A9AEA4

square

#A4AEAE #A9A4AE #AEA4A4 #A9AEA4

split-complementary

#A4AEAE #AEA4A9 #AEA9A4

monochromatic

#667272 #849191 #A4AEAE #C4CBCB #E5E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A4AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A4AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4AEAE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4AEAE	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)

#ADADAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.011 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc6c6',
    500: '#a4aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4aeae;
$custom-light: #bfc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7429,
    "c": 0.01127,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4AEAE

secondary

#D9D5D5

accent

#565690

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4AEAE

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

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