#A5ACAA#A5ACAA

#A5ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.008 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5ACAA
RGB	rgb(165, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(163, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(163, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -2.85, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 2.85, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0084 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.008 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5239, 40.4064, 43.8448)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5ACAA #ACA5A7

analogous

#A5ACA6 #A5ACAA #A5AAAC

triadic

#A5ACAA #AAA5AC #ACAAA5

tetradic

#A5ACAA #A6A5AC #ACA5A7 #AAACA5

square

#A5ACAA #A6A5AC #ACA5A7 #AAACA5

split-complementary

#A5ACAA #ACA5AA #ACA6A5

monochromatic

#67706D #858F8C #A5ACAA #C5C9C8 #E5E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A5ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#A5ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5ACAA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5ACAA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.008 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc4c3',
    500: '#a5acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5acaa;
$custom-light: #bfc4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.0084,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5ACAA

secondary

#D8D5D6

accent

#58678E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5ACAA

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

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