#ACABA9#ACABA9

#ACABA9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.003 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACABA9
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 169)
HSL	hsl(40, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(40, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -0.02, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 1.15, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% 0.0003 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.003 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7365, 40.7611, 43.3554)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACABA9 #A9AAAC

analogous

#ACAAA9 #ACABA9 #ACACA9

triadic

#ACABA9 #A9ACAB #ABA9AC

tetradic

#ACABA9 #A9ACAA #A9AAAC #ACA9AC

square

#ACABA9 #A9ACAA #A9AAAC #ACA9AC

split-complementary

#ACABA9 #A9ACAC #AAA9AC

monochromatic

#6F6E6B #8E8D8A #ACABA9 #CAC9C8 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACABA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ACABA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACABA9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACABA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACABA9	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACABA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.003 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c2',
    500: '#acaba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaba9;
$custom-light: #c4c4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 1.775,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74145,
    "c": 0.00306,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACABA9

secondary

#D8D8D9

accent

#6A8C5A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACABA9

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

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