#A3ACAA#A3ACAA

#A3ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.011 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3ACAA
RGB	rgb(163, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(167, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, -3.55, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 3.55, 181.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0105 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.011 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1110, 40.1936, 43.8254)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3ACAA #ACA3A5

analogous

#A3ACA5 #A3ACAA #A3A9AC

triadic

#A3ACAA #AAA3AC #ACAAA3

tetradic

#A3ACAA #A5A3AC #ACA3A5 #A9ACA3

square

#A3ACAA #A5A3AC #ACA3A5 #A9ACA3

split-complementary

#A3ACAA #ACA3A9 #ACA5A3

monochromatic

#65706D #838F8C #A3ACAA #C3C9C8 #E3E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A3ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#A3ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3ACAA

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3ACAA	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.011 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4c3',
    500: '#a3acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3acaa;
$custom-light: #bec4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 5.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73666,
    "c": 0.01054,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3ACAA

secondary

#D7D4D5

accent

#56638F

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F6F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3ACAA

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

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