#ACA09E#ACA09E

#ACA09E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.014 H 28.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA09E
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(9, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(9, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 4.00, 2.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 4.78, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0126 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.014 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7550, 36.3814, 37.4799)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA09E #9EAAAC

analogous

#AC9EA3 #ACA09E #ACA79E

triadic

#ACA09E #9EACA0 #A09EAC

tetradic

#ACA09E #A3AC9E #9EAAAC #A79EAC

square

#ACA09E #A3AC9E #9EAAAC #A79EAC

split-complementary

#ACA09E #9EACA7 #9EA3AC

monochromatic

#706260 #90807D #ACA09E #C8C0BF #E4E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#ACA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#ACA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA09E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA09E	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9F9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.014 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcba',
    500: '#aca09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca09e;
$custom-light: #c4bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 7.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7154,
    "c": 0.01437,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA09E

secondary

#D0D5D5

accent

#899254

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA09E

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

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