#AC9EA6#AC9EA6

#AC9EA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.020 H 342.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9EA6
RGB	rgb(172, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(326, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(326, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 6.56, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 6.95, 340.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0188 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.02 342.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1222, 35.9780, 41.1105)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9EA6 #9EACA4

analogous

#AB9EAC #AC9EA6 #AC9E9F

triadic

#AC9EA6 #A6AC9E #9EA6AC

tetradic

#AC9EA6 #ACAB9E #9EACA4 #9E9FAC

square

#AC9EA6 #ACAB9E #9EACA4 #9E9FAC

split-complementary

#AC9EA6 #9FAC9E #9EACAB

monochromatic

#706069 #907D88 #AC9EA6 #C8BFC4 #E4E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AC9EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#AC9EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9EA6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9EA6	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.020 342.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bac0',
    500: '#ac9ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9ea6;
$custom-light: #c4bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.714,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71371,
    "c": 0.01978,
    "h": 342.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9EA6

secondary

#D0D5D3

accent

#926E54

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9EA6

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

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