#ACAEAE#ACAEAE

#ACAEAE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.002 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEAE
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -0.71, -0.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 0.75, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0022 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.002 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7880, 42.0987, 46.0659)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEAE #AEACAC

analogous

#ACAEAD #ACAEAE #ACADAE

triadic

#ACAEAE #AEACAE #AEAEAC

tetradic

#ACAEAE #ADACAE #AEACAC #ADAEAC

square

#ACAEAE #ADACAE #AEACAC #ADAEAC

split-complementary

#ACAEAE #AEACAD #AEADAC

monochromatic

#6E7171 #8D9090 #ACAEAE #CBCCCC #EAEAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ACAEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#ACAEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEAE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEAE	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.002 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6c6',
    500: '#acaeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaeae;
$custom-light: #c4c6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.22,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.00227,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEAE

secondary

#DBDBDB

accent

#5B5B8B

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEAE

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

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