#ACB6AE#ACB6AE

#ACB6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.016 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB6AE
RGB	rgb(172, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(132, 6%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(132, 5%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -5.00, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 5.76, 150.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0139 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.016 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3798, 45.2823, 46.5965)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB6AE #B6ACB4

analogous

#AFB6AC #ACB6AE #ACB6B3

triadic

#ACB6AE #AEACB6 #B6AEAC

tetradic

#ACB6AE #ACAFB6 #B6ACB4 #B6B3AC

square

#ACB6AE #ACAFB6 #B6ACB4 #B6B3AC

split-complementary

#ACB6AE #B3ACB6 #B6ACAF

monochromatic

#6C7B6F #8B998E #ACB6AE #CDD3CE #EDEFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#ACB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#ACB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB6AE

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB6AE	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABB6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.016 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cbc6',
    500: '#acb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb6ae;
$custom-light: #c4cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 6.41,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.01581,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB6AE

secondary

#E0DDE0

accent

#558490

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F8

border

#D1D1D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB6AE

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

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