#A9ACAA#A9ACAA

#A9ACAA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.004 H 157.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ACAA
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(140, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(140, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -1.44, 0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 1.58, 155.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0041 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.004 157.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3691, 40.8423, 43.8844)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ACAA #ACA9AB

analogous

#AAACA9 #A9ACAA #A9ACAC

triadic

#A9ACAA #AAA9AC #ACAAA9

tetradic

#A9ACAA #A9AAAC #ACA9AB #ACACA9

square

#A9ACAA #A9AAAC #ACA9AB #ACACA9

split-complementary

#A9ACAA #ACA9AC #ACA9AA

monochromatic

#6B6F6D #8A8E8B #A9ACAA #C8CAC9 #E7E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A9ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ACAA

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ACAA	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.004 157.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4c3',
    500: '#a9acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9acaa;
$custom-light: #c2c4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7414,
    "c": 0.00441,
    "h": 157.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ACAA

secondary

#D9D8D9

accent

#5A7B8C

background

#FBFCFB

surface

#F7F8F7

border

#D0D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ACAA

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

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