#ACA0A1#ACA0A1

#ACA0A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.014 H 11.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A1
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 161)
HSL	hsl(355, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(355, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 6.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, 4.54, 1.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 4.66, 13.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% 0.0138 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.014 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0163, 36.4859, 38.8564)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A1 #A0ACAB

analogous

#ACA0A7 #ACA0A1 #ACA5A0

triadic

#ACA0A1 #A1ACA0 #A0A1AC

tetradic

#ACA0A1 #A7ACA0 #A0ACAB #A5A0AC

square

#ACA0A1 #A7ACA0 #A0ACAB #A5A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A1 #A0ACA5 #A0A7AC

monochromatic

#706263 #8F7F81 #ACA0A1 #C9C1C1 #E5E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ACA0A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#ACA0A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A1

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A1	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF9FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.014 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcbc',
    500: '#aca0a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a1;
$custom-light: #c4bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.01407,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A1

secondary

#D2D6D6

accent

#918C55

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A1

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

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