#A7ACA0#A7ACA0

#A7ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.018 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7ACA0
RGB	rgb(167, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(85, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(85, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -4.00, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 6.85, 125.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.0103 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.018 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0330, 40.2586, 39.0706)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7ACA0 #A5A0AC

analogous

#ACABA0 #A7ACA0 #A1ACA0

triadic

#A7ACA0 #A0A7AC #ACA0A7

tetradic

#A7ACA0 #A0ACAB #A5A0AC #ACA0A1

square

#A7ACA0 #A0ACAB #A5A0AC #ACA0A1

split-complementary

#A7ACA0 #A0A1AC #ABA0AC

monochromatic

#6A7062 #898F7F #A7ACA0 #C5C9C1 #E4E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A7ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A7ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7ACA0

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7ACA0	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.018 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4bc',
    500: '#a7aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7aca0;
$custom-light: #c1c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.01784,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7ACA0

secondary

#D4D2D6

accent

#55916E

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7ACA0

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

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