#ACB4AE#ACB4AE

#ACB4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.012 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB4AE
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(135, 4%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -3.93, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 4.45, 152.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.011 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.012 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9731, 44.4689, 46.4610)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB4AE #B4ACB2

analogous

#AEB4AC #ACB4AE #ACB4B2

triadic

#ACB4AE #AEACB4 #B4AEAC

tetradic

#ACB4AE #ACAEB4 #B4ACB2 #B4B2AC

square

#ACB4AE #ACAEB4 #B4ACB2 #B4B2AC

split-complementary

#ACB4AE #B2ACB4 #B4ACAE

monochromatic

#6D7970 #8C978F #ACB4AE #CCD1CD #ECEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#ACB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#ACB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB4AE

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB4AE	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.012 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cac6',
    500: '#acb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb4ae;
$custom-light: #c4cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 5.063,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.01228,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB4AE

secondary

#DFDDDE

accent

#57818F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB4AE

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

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