#ACA9AA#ACA9AA

#ACA9AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.004 H 354.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA9AA
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 170)
HSL	hsl(340, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(340, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 1.26, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 1.26, 353.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0037 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.004 354.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4558, 40.0490, 43.7267)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA9AA #A9ACAB

analogous

#ACA9AC #ACA9AA #ACAAA9

triadic

#ACA9AA #AAACA9 #A9AAAC

tetradic

#ACA9AA #ACACA9 #A9ACAB #AAA9AC

square

#ACA9AA #ACACA9 #A9ACAB #AAA9AC

split-complementary

#ACA9AA #A9ACAA #A9ACAC

monochromatic

#6F6B6D #8E8A8B #ACA9AA #CAC8C9 #E8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACA9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#ACA9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA9AA

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA9AA	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.004 354.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2c3',
    500: '#aca9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca9aa;
$custom-light: #c4c2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.00371,
    "h": 354.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA9AA

secondary

#D8D9D9

accent

#8C7B5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA9AA

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

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