#A8ACA4#A8ACA4

#A8ACA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.012 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACA4
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 164)
HSL	hsl(90, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -2.92, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 4.65, 128.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0076 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.012 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6007, 40.5102, 40.9531)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACA4 #A8A4AC

analogous

#ACACA4 #A8ACA4 #A4ACA4

triadic

#A8ACA4 #A4A8AC #ACA4A8

tetradic

#A8ACA4 #A4ACAC #A8A4AC #ACA4A4

square

#A8ACA4 #A4ACAC #A8A4AC #ACA4A4

split-complementary

#A8ACA4 #A4A4AC #ACA4AC

monochromatic

#6B7066 #898F84 #A8ACA4 #C7C9C4 #E5E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A8ACA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A8ACA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACA4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACA4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADABA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.012 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4bf',
    500: '#a8aca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aca4;
$custom-light: #c1c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73885,
    "c": 0.01215,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACA4

secondary

#D6D5D7

accent

#578E73

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACA4

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

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