#ACA0A3#ACA0A3

#ACA0A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.015 H 0.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A3
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 163)
HSL	hsl(345, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(345, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 5.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 4.90, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 4.90, 0.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0146 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.015 0.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1941, 36.5570, 39.7927)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A3 #A0ACA9

analogous

#ACA0A9 #ACA0A3 #ACA3A0

triadic

#ACA0A3 #A3ACA0 #A0A3AC

tetradic

#ACA0A3 #A9ACA0 #A0ACA9 #A3A0AC

square

#ACA0A3 #A9ACA0 #A0ACA9 #A3A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A3 #A0ACA3 #A0A9AC

monochromatic

#706265 #8F7F83 #ACA0A3 #C9C1C3 #E5E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ACA0A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#ACA0A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A3

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A3	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9FA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.015 0.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcbe',
    500: '#aca0a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a3;
$custom-light: #c4bcbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.01458,
    "h": 0.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A3

secondary

#D2D6D5

accent

#918255

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A3

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

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