#ACAAAE#ACAAAE

#ACAAAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.006 H 308.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAAAE
RGB	rgb(172, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 1.47, -1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 2.32, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0038 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.006 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0267, 40.5761, 45.8122)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAAAE #ACAEAA

analogous

#AAAAAE #ACAAAE #AEAAAE

triadic

#ACAAAE #AEACAA #AAAEAC

tetradic

#ACAAAE #AEAAAA #ACAEAA #AAAEAE

square

#ACAAAE #AEAAAA #ACAEAA #AAAEAE

split-complementary

#ACAAAE #AEAEAA #AAAEAA

monochromatic

#6F6C71 #8D8B90 #ACAAAE #CBC9CC #E9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACAAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ACAAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAAAE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAAAE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACAAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.006 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3c6',
    500: '#acaaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaaae;
$custom-light: #c4c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.41,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74087,
    "c": 0.00609,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAAAE

secondary

#DADBD9

accent

#8C5973

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAAAE

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

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