#A4B4AE#A4B4AE

#A4B4AE is a light, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.020 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4B4AE
RGB	rgb(164, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(158, 10%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(158, 9%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -6.71, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 6.81, 170.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0195 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.02 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2694, 43.5905, 46.3811)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4B4AE #B4A4AA

analogous

#A4B4A6 #A4B4AE #A4B2B4

triadic

#A4B4AE #AEA4B4 #B4AEA4

tetradic

#A4B4AE #A6A4B4 #B4A4AA #B2B4A4

square

#A4B4AE #A6A4B4 #B4A4AA #B2B4A4

split-complementary

#A4B4AE #B4A4B2 #B4A6A4

monochromatic

#647971 #829890 #A4B4AE #C6D0CC #E7EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A4B4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A4B4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4B4AE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4B4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4B4AE	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4b4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.020 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfcac6',
    500: '#a4b4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4b4ae;
$custom-light: #bfcac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4b4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 9.639,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75572,
    "c": 0.01969,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4B4AE

secondary

#DCD7D9

accent

#526B94

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4B4AE

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

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