#ACAAA5#ACAAA5

#ACAAA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.007 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAA5
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(43, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(43, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -0.21, 2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 2.83, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0002 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.007 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1785, 40.2369, 41.3452)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAA5 #A5A7AC

analogous

#ACA6A5 #ACAAA5 #AAACA5

triadic

#ACAAA5 #A5ACAA #AAA5AC

tetradic

#ACAAA5 #A5ACA6 #A5A7AC #ACA5AA

square

#ACAAA5 #A5ACA6 #A5A7AC #ACA5AA

split-complementary

#ACAAA5 #A5AAAC #A6A5AC

monochromatic

#706D67 #8F8C85 #ACAAA5 #C9C8C5 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ACAAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#ACAAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAA5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAA5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.007 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3bf',
    500: '#acaaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaa5;
$custom-light: #c4c3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73819,
    "c": 0.00745,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAA5

secondary

#D5D6D8

accent

#678E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAA5

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

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