#ACACAE#ACACAE

#ACACAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.003 H 286.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACACAE
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, 0.38, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 1.09, 290.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% 0.0008 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.003 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4045, 41.3317, 45.9381)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACACAE #AEAEAC

analogous

#ACADAE #ACACAE #ADACAE

triadic

#ACACAE #AEACAC #ACAEAC

tetradic

#ACACAE #AEACAD #AEAEAC #ACAEAD

square

#ACACAE #AEACAD #AEAEAC #ACAEAD

split-complementary

#ACACAE #AEADAC #ADAEAC

monochromatic

#6E6E71 #8D8D90 #ACACAE #CBCBCC #EAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#ACACAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#ACACAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACACAE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACACAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACACAE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACACAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acacae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.003 286.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acacae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.22,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74503,
    "c": 0.00284,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACACAE

secondary

#DBDBDB

accent

#8B5B8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACACAE

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

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