#A5ACA0#A5ACA0

#A5ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.019 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ACA0
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(95, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(95, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -4.73, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 7.11, 131.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0125 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.019 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6137, 40.0423, 39.0509)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ACA0 #A7A0AC

analogous

#ABACA0 #A5ACA0 #A0ACA1

triadic

#A5ACA0 #A0A5AC #ACA0A5

tetradic

#A5ACA0 #A0ABAC #A7A0AC #ACA1A0

square

#A5ACA0 #A0ABAC #A7A0AC #ACA1A0

split-complementary

#A5ACA0 #A1A0AC #ACA0AB

monochromatic

#687062 #868F7F #A5ACA0 #C4C9C1 #E3E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A5ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#A5ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ACA0

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ACA0	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.019 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4bc',
    500: '#a5aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5aca0;
$custom-light: #bfc4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73533,
    "c": 0.01869,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ACA0

secondary

#D4D2D6

accent

#559178

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ACA0

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

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