#A8ACA0#A8ACA0

#A8ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.018 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACA0
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(80, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(80, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -3.64, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 6.75, 122.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0092 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.018 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2452, 40.3679, 39.0805)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACA0 #A4A0AC

analogous

#ACAAA0 #A8ACA0 #A2ACA0

triadic

#A8ACA0 #A0A8AC #ACA0A8

tetradic

#A8ACA0 #A0ACAA #A4A0AC #ACA0A2

square

#A8ACA0 #A0ACAA #A4A0AC #ACA0A2

split-complementary

#A8ACA0 #A0A2AC #AAA0AC

monochromatic

#6B7062 #8A8F7F #A8ACA0 #C6C9C1 #E4E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#A8ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACA0

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACA0	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.018 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4bc',
    500: '#a8aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aca0;
$custom-light: #c1c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73773,
    "c": 0.0175,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACA0

secondary

#D3D2D6

accent

#559169

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACA0

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

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