#A3ACA0#A3ACA0

#A3ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.020 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ACA0
RGB	rgb(163, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(105, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(105, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -5.44, 5.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 7.44, 137.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0146 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.02 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2008, 39.8295, 39.0316)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ACA0 #A9A0AC

analogous

#A9ACA0 #A3ACA0 #A0ACA3

triadic

#A3ACA0 #A0A3AC #ACA0A3

tetradic

#A3ACA0 #A0A9AC #A9A0AC #ACA3A0

square

#A3ACA0 #A0A9AC #A9A0AC #ACA3A0

split-complementary

#A3ACA0 #A3A0AC #ACA0A9

monochromatic

#657062 #838F7F #A3ACA0 #C3C9C1 #E2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A3ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#A3ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ACA0

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ACA0	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.020 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4bc',
    500: '#a3aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aca0;
$custom-light: #bec4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.01977,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ACA0

secondary

#D5D2D6

accent

#559182

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ACA0

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

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