#A9ACA0#A9ACA0

#A9ACA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.017 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ACA0
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(75, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -3.28, 5.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 6.66, 119.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0081 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.017 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4589, 40.4782, 39.0905)
Luminance	0.4048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ACA0 #A3A0AC

analogous

#ACA9A0 #A9ACA0 #A3ACA0

triadic

#A9ACA0 #A0A9AC #ACA0A9

tetradic

#A9ACA0 #A0ACA9 #A3A0AC #ACA0A3

square

#A9ACA0 #A0ACA9 #A3A0AC #ACA0A3

split-complementary

#A9ACA0 #A0A3AC #A9A0AC

monochromatic

#6C7062 #8B8F7F #A9ACA0 #C7C9C1 #E4E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A9ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ACA0

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ACA0	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)

#AEAB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.017 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4bc',
    500: '#a9aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aca0;
$custom-light: #c2c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.01723,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ACA0

secondary

#D3D2D6

accent

#559164

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F6

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ACA0

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

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