#ACA0A8#ACA0A8

#ACA0A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.018 H 337.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A8
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 168)
HSL	hsl(320, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(320, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, 5.82, -2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 6.37, 336.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% 0.0166 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.018 337.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6510, 36.7398, 42.1989)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A8 #A0ACA4

analogous

#AAA0AC #ACA0A8 #ACA0A2

triadic

#ACA0A8 #A8ACA0 #A0A8AC

tetradic

#ACA0A8 #ACAAA0 #A0ACA4 #A0A2AC

square

#ACA0A8 #ACAAA0 #A0ACA4 #A0A2AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A8 #A2ACA0 #A0ACAA

monochromatic

#70626B #8F7F8A #ACA0A8 #C9C1C6 #E5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#ACA0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#ACA0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A8

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A8	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.018 337.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc1',
    500: '#aca0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a8;
$custom-light: #c4bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.01788,
    "h": 337.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A8

secondary

#D2D6D3

accent

#916955

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A8

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

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