#A8ACA2#A8ACA2

#A8ACA2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.015 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACA2
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 162)
HSL	hsl(84, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(84, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -3.28, 4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 5.69, 125.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0084 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.015 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4215, 40.4385, 40.0094)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACA2 #A6A2AC

analogous

#ACABA2 #A8ACA2 #A3ACA2

triadic

#A8ACA2 #A2A8AC #ACA2A8

tetradic

#A8ACA2 #A2ACAB #A6A2AC #ACA2A3

square

#A8ACA2 #A2ACAB #A6A2AC #ACA2A3

split-complementary

#A8ACA2 #A2A3AC #ABA2AC

monochromatic

#6B7064 #8A8F82 #A8ACA2 #C6C9C2 #E5E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8ACA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A8ACA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACA2

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACA2	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.015 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4bd',
    500: '#a8aca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aca2;
$custom-light: #c1c4bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73829,
    "c": 0.0148,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACA2

secondary

#D5D3D7

accent

#56906D

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACA2

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

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