#A3ACA2#A3ACA2

#A3ACA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.017 H 142.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ACA2
RGB	rgb(163, 172, 162)
HSL	hsl(114, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(114, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -5.07, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 6.49, 141.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0138 0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.017 142.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3772, 39.9000, 39.9604)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ACA2 #ABA2AC

analogous

#A8ACA2 #A3ACA2 #A2ACA6

triadic

#A3ACA2 #A2A3AC #ACA2A3

tetradic

#A3ACA2 #A2A8AC #ABA2AC #ACA6A2

square

#A3ACA2 #A2A8AC #ABA2AC #ACA6A2

split-complementary

#A3ACA2 #A6A2AC #ACA2A8

monochromatic

#657064 #838F82 #A3ACA2 #C3C9C2 #E3E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A3ACA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A3ACA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ACA2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ACA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ACA2	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3aca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 172, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.017 142.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4bd',
    500: '#a3aca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3aca2;
$custom-light: #bec4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3aca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.01741,
    "h": 142.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ACA2

secondary

#D6D3D7

accent

#56908A

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ACA2

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

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