#A2ACAE#A2ACAE

#A2ACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.012 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2ACAE
RGB	rgb(162, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(190, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -3.11, -2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 3.83, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.01 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.012 211)
XYZ	xyz(37.2912, 40.2420, 45.8390)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2ACAE #AEA4A2

analogous

#A2AEAA #A2ACAE #A2A6AE

triadic

#A2ACAE #AEA2AC #ACAEA2

tetradic

#A2ACAE #AAA2AE #AEA4A2 #A6AEA2

square

#A2ACAE #AAA2AE #AEA4A2 #A6AEA2

split-complementary

#A2ACAE #AEA2A6 #AEAAA2

monochromatic

#637072 #818F92 #A2ACAE #C3C9CA #E3E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A2ACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A2ACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2ACAE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2ACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2ACAE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2acae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.012 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc4c6',
    500: '#a2acae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2acae;
$custom-light: #bdc4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2acae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73711,
    "c": 0.01167,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.40242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2ACAE

secondary

#D8D5D4

accent

#5F5591

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F6F8F8

border

#D0D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2ACAE

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

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