#ACAC9E#ACAC9E

#ACAC9E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.020 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAC9E
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(60, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -2.54, 7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 7.64, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0057 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.02 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9365, 40.7445, 38.2071)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAC9E #9E9EAC

analogous

#ACA59E #ACAC9E #A5AC9E

triadic

#ACAC9E #9EACAC #AC9EAC

tetradic

#ACAC9E #9EACA5 #9E9EAC #AC9EA5

square

#ACAC9E #9EACA5 #9E9EAC #AC9EA5

split-complementary

#ACAC9E #9EA5AC #A59EAC

monochromatic

#707060 #90907D #ACAC9E #C8C8BF #E4E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACAC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ACAC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAC9E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAC9E	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#AFAB9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEAAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.020 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4ba',
    500: '#acac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acac9e;
$custom-light: #c4c4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74044,
    "c": 0.01967,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAC9E

secondary

#D0D0D5

accent

#549254

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F6

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAC9E

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

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