#ACB8B4#ACB8B4

#ACB8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.014 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB8B4
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(160, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(160, 7%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.77, -4.92, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.77, 4.96, 173.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0144 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.014 174)
XYZ	xyz(42.3903, 46.3465, 49.8836)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB8B4 #B8ACB0

analogous

#ACB8AE #ACB8B4 #ACB6B8

triadic

#ACB8B4 #B4ACB8 #B8B4AC

tetradic

#ACB8B4 #AEACB8 #B8ACB0 #B6B8AC

square

#ACB8B4 #AEACB8 #B8ACB0 #B6B8AC

split-complementary

#ACB8B4 #B8ACB6 #B8AEAC

monochromatic

#6C7E78 #8B9C96 #ACB8B4 #CDD4D2 #EEF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#ACB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#ACB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB8B4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB8B4	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.014 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cdca',
    500: '#acb8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb8b4;
$custom-light: #c4cdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 7.792,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77203,
    "c": 0.01446,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.46347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB8B4

secondary

#E2DEDF

accent

#546892

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F8

border

#D1D2D1

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB8B4

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

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