#ACA0A6#ACA0A6

#ACA0A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.016 H 345.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A6
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 166)
HSL	hsl(330, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(330, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 5.45, -1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 5.66, 344.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0158 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.016 345.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4661, 36.6658, 41.2252)
Luminance	0.3666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A6 #A0ACA6

analogous

#ACA0AC #ACA0A6 #ACA0A0

triadic

#ACA0A6 #A6ACA0 #A0A6AC

tetradic

#ACA0A6 #ACACA0 #A0ACA6 #A0A0AC

square

#ACA0A6 #ACACA0 #A0ACA6 #A0A0AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A6 #A0ACA0 #A0ACAC

monochromatic

#706269 #8F7F87 #ACA0A6 #C9C1C5 #E5E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA0A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#ACA0A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A6

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A6	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)

#A1A2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.016 345.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc0',
    500: '#aca0a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a6;
$custom-light: #c4bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7178,
    "c": 0.01626,
    "h": 345.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A6

secondary

#D2D6D4

accent

#917355

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A6

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

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