#A2ACA8#A2ACA8

#A2ACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.013 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2ACA8
RGB	rgb(162, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(156, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(156, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -4.29, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 4.37, 168.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0124 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.013 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7193, 40.0133, 42.8270)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2ACA8 #ACA2A6

analogous

#A2ACA3 #A2ACA8 #A2ABAC

triadic

#A2ACA8 #A8A2AC #ACA8A2

tetradic

#A2ACA8 #A3A2AC #ACA2A6 #ABACA2

square

#A2ACA8 #A3A2AC #ACA2A6 #ABACA2

split-complementary

#A2ACA8 #ACA2AB #ACA3A2

monochromatic

#64706B #828F8A #A2ACA8 #C2C9C6 #E3E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A2ACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A2ACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2ACA8

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2ACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2ACA8	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2aca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.013 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc4c1',
    500: '#a2aca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2aca8;
$custom-light: #bdc4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2aca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73529,
    "c": 0.01261,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2ACA8

secondary

#D7D3D5

accent

#566D90

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2ACA8

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

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