Light gray
#ACBBAF
#ACBBAF is a light gray with almost no color, at step 300 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 9.4:1. On white it reaches only 2.0:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ACBBAF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ACBBAF kept exactly at step 300. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 EFFAF1
- 100 E3EFE5
- 200 D0DDD3
- 300 ACBBAF
- 400 99A79C
- 500 7E8C81
- 600 647167
- 700 4C594F
- 800 38433A
- 900 252E27
- 950 131A15
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-gray-50: #effaf1; --color-gray-100: #e3efe5; --color-gray-200: #d0ddd3; --color-gray-300: #acbbaf; --color-gray-400: #99a79c; --color-gray-500: #7e8c81; --color-gray-600: #647167; --color-gray-700: #4c594f; --color-gray-800: #38433a; --color-gray-900: #252e27; --color-gray-950: #131a15;}Is #ACBBAF readable?
Contrast for text on #ACBBAF and for #ACBBAF used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 43 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 9.4APCA Lc 64 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #6D7A6F · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 2.0APCA Lc 39 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 9.4APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
Color palettes with #ACBBAF
Six palettes built around #ACBBAF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ACBBAF · #00978D · #95C263 · #A3EBFD · #202622
- Complementary#ACBBAF · #C081BB · #EA7AD6 · #B0F5BB · #2A312C
- Split complementary#ACBBAF · #8F7BC6 · #FF93A5 · #C7FACA · #1C231C
- Triadic#ACBBAF · #7B88D4 · #FB7F6C · #A3F7C8 · #1D2520
- Tetradic#ACBBAF · #2F87C8 · #F17CE1 · #FFD9BA · #202B23
- Monochromatic#ACBBAF · #35A66D · #5FC376 · #BDEBC8 · #1D261F
#ACBBAF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ACBBAF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #EFFAF1
- Brand 100, #E3EFE5
- Brand 200, #D0DDD3
- Brand 300, #ACBBAF
- Brand 400, #99A79C
- Brand 500, #7E8C81
- Brand 600, #647167
- Brand 700, #4C594F
- Brand 800, #38433A
- Brand 900, #252E27
- Brand 950, #131A15
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAF9
- Neutral 100, #F3F5F3
- Neutral 200, #E3E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D1D6D2
- Neutral 400, #9CA39D
- Neutral 500, #6E766F
- Neutral 600, #4F5650
- Neutral 700, #3B423D
- Neutral 800, #242A25
- Neutral 900, #141915
- Neutral 950, #070C08
Success
- Success 50, #E5FFE9
- Success 100, #BEFECA
- Success 200, #A7EDB5
- Success 300, #87D597
- Success 400, #65B979
- Success 500, #51A867
- Success 600, #278143
- Success 700, #06672E
- Success 800, #004E20
- Success 900, #003614
- Success 950, #001F09
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5E9
- Warning 100, #FFE7CA
- Warning 200, #FFD096
- Warning 300, #E7A650
- Warning 400, #D29541
- Warning 500, #B67917
- Warning 600, #956000
- Warning 700, #764B00
- Warning 800, #593800
- Warning 900, #3E2500
- Warning 950, #251400
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC4
- Danger 300, #FFA398
- Danger 400, #F7766B
- Danger 500, #D4534A
- Danger 600, #B93B35
- Danger 700, #9A211F
- Danger 800, #7B070C
- Danger 900, #580004
- Danger 950, #360002
Info
- Info 50, #F0F8FF
- Info 100, #DBEEFF
- Info 200, #B9DEFF
- Info 300, #84C7FF
- Info 400, #5FAAE7
- Info 500, #3E8CC9
- Info 600, #2173AD
- Info 700, #00598F
- Info 800, #00436D
- Info 900, #002E4D
- Info 950, #001A2F
- Primary buttons use Brand 300 with neutral 950 text, at 9.8:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 300: it already reads on the dark background at 9.8:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ACBBAF
Lighter and darker versions of #ACBBAF.