#ACAA9E#ACAA9E

#ACAA9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.017 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAA9E
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -1.46, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 6.60, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0027 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.017 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5588, 39.9890, 38.0811)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAA9E #9EA0AC

analogous

#ACA39E #ACAA9E #A7AC9E

triadic

#ACAA9E #9EACAA #AA9EAC

tetradic

#ACAA9E #9EACA3 #9EA0AC #AC9EA7

square

#ACAA9E #9EACA3 #9EA0AC #AC9EA7

split-complementary

#ACAA9E #9EA7AC #A39EAC

monochromatic

#706E60 #908D7D #ACAA9E #C8C7BF #E4E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACAA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#ACAA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAA9E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAA9E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAA9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaa9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.017 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3ba',
    500: '#acaa9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaa9e;
$custom-light: #c4c3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaa9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73622,
    "c": 0.01706,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAA9E

secondary

#D0D1D5

accent

#5D9254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAA9E

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

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