#ACAAA0#ACAAA0

#ACAAA0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.014 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAA0
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(50, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -1.11, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 5.52, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.0019 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.014 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7323, 40.0584, 38.9951)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAA0 #A0A2AC

analogous

#ACA4A0 #ACAAA0 #A8ACA0

triadic

#ACAAA0 #A0ACAA #AAA0AC

tetradic

#ACAAA0 #A0ACA4 #A0A2AC #ACA0A8

square

#ACAAA0 #A0ACA4 #A0A2AC #ACA0A8

split-complementary

#ACAAA0 #A0A8AC #A4A0AC

monochromatic

#706E62 #8F8D7F #ACAAA0 #C9C7C1 #E5E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACAAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#ACAAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAA0

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAA0	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)

#ACA99F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.014 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3bc',
    500: '#acaaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaa0;
$custom-light: #c4c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73678,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAA0

secondary

#D2D3D6

accent

#5F9155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAA0

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

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