#ACA0AE#ACA0AE

#ACA0AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.024 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0AE
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 174)
HSL	hsl(291, 8%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(291, 8%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 6.96, -5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 8.98, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% 0.0189 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.024 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2229, 36.9685, 45.2109)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0AE #A2AEA0

analogous

#A5A0AE #ACA0AE #AEA0A9

triadic

#ACA0AE #AEACA0 #A0AEAC

tetradic

#ACA0AE #AEA5A0 #A2AEA0 #A0A9AE

square

#ACA0AE #AEA5A0 #A2AEA0 #A0A9AE

split-complementary

#ACA0AE #A9AEA0 #A0AEA5

monochromatic

#706172 #8F7F92 #ACA0AE #C9C1CA #E6E2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#ACA0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0AE

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0AE	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)

#9FA3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.024 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc6',
    500: '#aca0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0ae;
$custom-light: #c4bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 7.955,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72033,
    "c": 0.02413,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0AE

secondary

#D3D7D3

accent

#92545C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0AE

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

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