#ACA0AA#ACA0AA

#ACA0AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.020 H 331.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0AA
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(310, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(310, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 6.20, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 7.17, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% 0.0173 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.02 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8387, 36.8149, 43.1877)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0AA #A0ACA2

analogous

#A8A0AC #ACA0AA #ACA0A4

triadic

#ACA0AA #AAACA0 #A0AAAC

tetradic

#ACA0AA #ACA8A0 #A0ACA2 #A0A4AC

square

#ACA0AA #ACA8A0 #A0ACA2 #A0A4AC

split-complementary

#ACA0AA #A4ACA0 #A0ACA8

monochromatic

#70626E #8F7F8D #ACA0AA #C9C1C7 #E5E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#ACA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0AA

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0AA	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)

#A0A2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.020 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc3',
    500: '#aca0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0aa;
$custom-light: #c4bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.01977,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0AA

secondary

#D2D6D3

accent

#915F55

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0AA

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

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