#ACAAAD#ACAAAD

#ACAAAD is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.005 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAAD
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 173)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 1.28, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 1.81, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0034 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.005 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9296, 40.5373, 45.3006)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAAD #ABADAA

analogous

#ABAAAD #ACAAAD #ADAAAD

triadic

#ACAAAD #ADACAA #AAADAC

tetradic

#ACAAAD #ADABAA #ABADAA #AAADAD

square

#ACAAAD #ADABAA #ABADAA #AAADAD

split-complementary

#ACAAAD #ADADAA #AAADAB

monochromatic

#6F6C70 #8E8B8F #ACAAAD #CAC9CB #E9E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACAAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ACAAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAAD

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAAD	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.005 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3c5',
    500: '#acaaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaad;
$custom-light: #c4c3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 1.796,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74057,
    "c": 0.0048,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAAD

secondary

#D9DAD9

accent

#8C5A6A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAAD

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

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