#ACA0A4#ACA0A4

#ACA0A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.015 H 355.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A4
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 164)
HSL	hsl(340, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(340, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 5.08, -0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 5.11, 354.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.015 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.015 355.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2841, 36.5930, 40.2665)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A4 #A0ACA8

analogous

#ACA0AA #ACA0A4 #ACA2A0

triadic

#ACA0A4 #A4ACA0 #A0A4AC

tetradic

#ACA0A4 #AAACA0 #A0ACA8 #A2A0AC

square

#ACA0A4 #AAACA0 #A0ACA8 #A2A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A4 #A0ACA2 #A0AAAC

monochromatic

#706266 #8F7F85 #ACA0A4 #C9C1C3 #E5E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA0A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#ACA0A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A4

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A4	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.015 355.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcbf',
    500: '#aca0a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a4;
$custom-light: #c4bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71719,
    "c": 0.01503,
    "h": 355.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A4

secondary

#D2D6D5

accent

#917D55

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A4

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

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