#ACA0AD#ACA0AD

#ACA0AD is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.023 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0AD
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 173)
HSL	hsl(295, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(295, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 7.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 6.77, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 8.51, 322.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0185 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.023 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1258, 36.9297, 44.6994)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0AD #A1ADA0

analogous

#A5A0AD #ACA0AD #ADA0A7

triadic

#ACA0AD #ADACA0 #A0ADAC

tetradic

#ACA0AD #ADA5A0 #A1ADA0 #A0A7AD

square

#ACA0AD #ADA5A0 #A1ADA0 #A0A7AD

split-complementary

#ACA0AD #A7ADA0 #A0ADA5

monochromatic

#706271 #8F7F91 #ACA0AD #C9C1C9 #E5E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ACA0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0AD

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0AD	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.023 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc5',
    500: '#aca0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0ad;
$custom-light: #c4bcc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 7.345,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.02298,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0AD

secondary

#D3D7D2

accent

#915459

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0AD

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

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