#A8ACAA#A8ACAA

#A8ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.005 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACAA
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(150, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(150, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -1.79, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 1.87, 163.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0051 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.005 165)
XYZ	xyz(38.1554, 40.7320, 43.8744)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACAA #ACA8AA

analogous

#A8ACA8 #A8ACAA #A8ACAC

triadic

#A8ACAA #AAA8AC #ACAAA8

tetradic

#A8ACAA #A8A8AC #ACA8AA #ACACA8

square

#A8ACAA #A8A8AC #ACA8AA #ACACA8

split-complementary

#A8ACAA #ACA8AC #ACA8A8

monochromatic

#6A6F6D #898E8B #A8ACAA #C7CAC9 #E7E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A8ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A8ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACAA

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACAA	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.005 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4c3',
    500: '#a8acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acaa;
$custom-light: #c1c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.00533,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.40732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACAA

secondary

#D9D7D8

accent

#59738C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACAA

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

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