#ACA0AC#ACA0AC

#ACA0AC is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.022 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0AC
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 172)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 6.58, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 8.05, 324.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0181 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.022 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0294, 36.8911, 44.1917)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0AC #A0ACA0

analogous

#A6A0AC #ACA0AC #ACA0A6

triadic

#ACA0AC #ACACA0 #A0ACAC

tetradic

#ACA0AC #ACA6A0 #A0ACA0 #A0A6AC

square

#ACA0AC #ACA6A0 #A0ACA0 #A0A6AC

split-complementary

#ACA0AC #A6ACA0 #A0ACA6

monochromatic

#706270 #8F7F8F #ACA0AC #C9C1C9 #E5E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#ACA0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#ACA0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0AC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0AC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.022 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc4',
    500: '#aca0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0ac;
$custom-light: #c4bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.02187,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0AC

secondary

#D2D6D2

accent

#915555

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0AC

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

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