#ACABA8#ACABA8

#ACABA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.004 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACABA8
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 168)
HSL	hsl(45, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -0.20, 1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 1.68, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0001 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.004 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6430, 40.7237, 42.8629)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACABA8 #A8A9AC

analogous

#ACA9A8 #ACABA8 #ABACA8

triadic

#ACABA8 #A8ACAB #ABA8AC

tetradic

#ACABA8 #A8ACA9 #A8A9AC #ACA8AB

square

#ACABA8 #A8ACA9 #A8A9AC #ACA8AB

split-complementary

#ACABA8 #A8ABAC #A9A8AC

monochromatic

#6F6E6A #8E8D89 #ACABA8 #CAC9C7 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACABA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#ACABA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACABA8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACABA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACABA8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADAAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.004 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c1',
    500: '#acaba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaba8;
$custom-light: #c4c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74116,
    "c": 0.0044,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACABA8

secondary

#D7D8D9

accent

#668C59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACABA8

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

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