#ACA0A9#ACA0A9

#ACA0A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.019 H 334.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0A9
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 169)
HSL	hsl(315, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(315, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 6.01, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 6.76, 332.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0169 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.019 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7445, 36.7772, 42.6914)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0A9 #A0ACA3

analogous

#A9A0AC #ACA0A9 #ACA0A3

triadic

#ACA0A9 #A9ACA0 #A0A9AC

tetradic

#ACA0A9 #ACA9A0 #A0ACA3 #A0A3AC

square

#ACA0A9 #ACA9A0 #A0ACA3 #A0A3AC

split-complementary

#ACA0A9 #A3ACA0 #A0ACA9

monochromatic

#70626C #8F7F8B #ACA0A9 #C9C1C7 #E5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#ACA0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0A9

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0A9	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.019 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc2',
    500: '#aca0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0a9;
$custom-light: #c4bcc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.01879,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0A9

secondary

#D2D6D3

accent

#916455

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0A9

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

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