#ACB2AE#ACB2AE

#ACB2AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB2AE
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(140, 4%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(140, 3%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -2.86, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 3.15, 155.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0081 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(40.5723, 43.6673, 46.3273)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB2AE #B2ACB0

analogous

#ADB2AC #ACB2AE #ACB2B1

triadic

#ACB2AE #AEACB2 #B2AEAC

tetradic

#ACB2AE #ACADB2 #B2ACB0 #B2B1AC

square

#ACB2AE #ACADB2 #B2ACB0 #B2B1AC

split-complementary

#ACB2AE #B1ACB2 #B2ACAD

monochromatic

#6E7670 #8C958F #ACB2AE #CCCFCD #EBEDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#ACB2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#ACB2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB2AE

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB2AE	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B0AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c9c6',
    500: '#acb2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb2ae;
$custom-light: #c4c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 3.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7576,
    "c": 0.00876,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.43667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB2AE

secondary

#DEDCDD

accent

#587C8E

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB2AE

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

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