#ACAEB8#ACAEB8

#ACAEB8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.014 H 277.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEB8
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(230, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 1.24, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 5.49, 283.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0018 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.014 277)
XYZ	xyz(40.7994, 42.5032, 51.3926)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEB8 #B8B6AC

analogous

#ACB4B8 #ACAEB8 #B0ACB8

triadic

#ACAEB8 #B8ACAE #AEB8AC

tetradic

#ACAEB8 #B8ACB4 #B8B6AC #ACB8B0

square

#ACAEB8 #B8ACB4 #B8B6AC #ACB8B0

split-complementary

#ACAEB8 #B8B0AC #B4B8AC

monochromatic

#6C6F7E #8B8E9C #ACAEB8 #CDCED4 #EEEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ACAEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#ACAEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEB8

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEB8	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.014 277.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6cd',
    500: '#acaeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaeb8;
$custom-light: #c4c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 7.792,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.01441,
    "h": 277
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEB8

secondary

#E2E1DE

accent

#875492

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEB8

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

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