#ACAAA6#ACAAA6

#ACAAA6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAA6
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 166)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -0.03, 2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 2.31, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% 0.0006 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2699, 40.2734, 41.8264)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAA6 #A6A8AC

analogous

#ACA7A6 #ACAAA6 #ABACA6

triadic

#ACAAA6 #A6ACAA #AAA6AC

tetradic

#ACAAA6 #A6ACA7 #A6A8AC #ACA6AB

square

#ACAAA6 #A6ACA7 #A6A8AC #ACA6AB

split-complementary

#ACAAA6 #A6ABAC #A7A6AC

monochromatic

#706D68 #8E8C86 #ACAAA6 #CAC8C6 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ACAAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#ACAAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAA6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAA6	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)

#ABAAA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3c0',
    500: '#acaaa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaa6;
$custom-light: #c4c3c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73848,
    "c": 0.00613,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAA6

secondary

#D6D7D8

accent

#6A8D58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAA6

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

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