#ACABA5#ACABA5

#ACABA5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.009 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACABA5
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(51, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -0.75, 3.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 3.30, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0013 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.009 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3667, 40.6132, 41.4079)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACABA5 #A5A6AC

analogous

#ACA7A5 #ACABA5 #A9ACA5

triadic

#ACABA5 #A5ACAB #ABA5AC

tetradic

#ACABA5 #A5ACA7 #A5A6AC #ACA5A9

square

#ACABA5 #A5ACA7 #A5A6AC #ACA5A9

split-complementary

#ACABA5 #A5A9AC #A7A5AC

monochromatic

#706E67 #8F8D85 #ACABA5 #C9C9C5 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#ACABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACABA5

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACABA5	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)

#ACABA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADABA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.009 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4bf',
    500: '#acaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaba5;
$custom-light: #c4c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74029,
    "c": 0.00856,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACABA5

secondary

#D5D6D8

accent

#5F8E58

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACABA5

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

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