#ACAAA9#ACAAA9

#ACAAA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAA9
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 169)
HSL	hsl(20, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, 0.52, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 0.93, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% 0.0018 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5483, 40.3848, 43.2927)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAA9 #A9ABAC

analogous

#ACA9AA #ACAAA9 #ACACA9

triadic

#ACAAA9 #A9ACAA #AAA9AC

tetradic

#ACAAA9 #AAACA9 #A9ABAC #ACA9AC

square

#ACAAA9 #AAACA9 #A9ABAC #ACA9AC

split-complementary

#ACAAA9 #A9ACAC #A9AAAC

monochromatic

#6F6D6B #8E8B8A #ACAAA9 #CAC9C8 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACAAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ACAAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAA9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAA9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAAA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3c2',
    500: '#acaaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaa9;
$custom-light: #c4c3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73936,
    "c": 0.00271,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAA9

secondary

#D8D9D9

accent

#7B8C5A

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAA9

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

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