#ACA0A0#ACA0A0

#ACA0A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.014 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A0
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 160)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, 4.36, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 4.63, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0134 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.014 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9285, 36.4508, 38.3939)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A0 #A0ACAC

analogous

#ACA0A6 #ACA0A0 #ACA6A0

triadic

#ACA0A0 #A0ACA0 #A0A0AC

tetradic

#ACA0A0 #A6ACA0 #A0ACAC #A6A0AC

square

#ACA0A0 #A6ACA0 #A0ACAC #A6A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A0 #A0ACA6 #A0A6AC

monochromatic

#706262 #8F7F7F #ACA0A0 #C9C1C1 #E5E1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ACA0A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#ACA0A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A0

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A0	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.014 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcbc',
    500: '#aca0a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a0;
$custom-light: #c4bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71599,
    "c": 0.01403,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A0

secondary

#D2D6D6

accent

#919155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A0

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

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