#ACABAE#ACABAE

#ACABAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.004 H 301.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACABAE
RGB	rgb(172, 171, 174)
HSL	hsl(260, 2%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 2%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, 0.92, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 1.69, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0023 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.004 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2149, 40.9525, 45.8749)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACABAE #ADAEAB

analogous

#ABABAE #ACABAE #ADABAE

triadic

#ACABAE #AEACAB #ABAEAC

tetradic

#ACABAE #AEABAB #ADAEAB #ABAEAD

square

#ACABAE #AEABAB #ADAEAB #ABAEAD

split-complementary

#ACABAE #AEADAB #ABAEAB

monochromatic

#6F6D71 #8D8C90 #ACABAE #CBCACC #EAE9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ACABAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#ACABAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACABAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACABAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACABAE	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACABAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acabae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 171, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.004 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c6',
    500: '#acabae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acabae;
$custom-light: #c4c4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acabae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 1.818,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74295,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACABAE

secondary

#DBDBDA

accent

#8C5A7B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACABAE

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

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