#ACA0A5#ACA0A5

#ACA0A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.016 H 350.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A5
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 165)
HSL	hsl(335, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(335, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 5.26, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 5.36, 349.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0154 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.016 350.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3747, 36.6293, 40.7439)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A5 #A0ACA7

analogous

#ACA0AB #ACA0A5 #ACA1A0

triadic

#ACA0A5 #A5ACA0 #A0A5AC

tetradic

#ACA0A5 #ABACA0 #A0ACA7 #A1A0AC

square

#ACA0A5 #ABACA0 #A0ACA7 #A1A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A5 #A0ACA1 #A0ABAC

monochromatic

#706268 #8F7F86 #ACA0A5 #C9C1C4 #E5E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ACA0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A5

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A5	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.016 350.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcbf',
    500: '#aca0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a5;
$custom-light: #c4bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.0156,
    "h": 350.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A5

secondary

#D2D6D4

accent

#917855

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A5

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

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