#ACA2A2#ACA2A2

#ACA2A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.012 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA2A2
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 162)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 3.62, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 3.84, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0111 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.012 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4544, 37.2203, 39.4392)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA2A2 #A2ACAC

analogous

#ACA2A7 #ACA2A2 #ACA7A2

triadic

#ACA2A2 #A2ACA2 #A2A2AC

tetradic

#ACA2A2 #A7ACA2 #A2ACAC #A7A2AC

square

#ACA2A2 #A7ACA2 #A2ACAC #A7A2AC

split-complementary

#ACA2A2 #A2ACA7 #A2A7AC

monochromatic

#706464 #8F8282 #ACA2A2 #C9C2C2 #E6E3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#ACA2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA2A2

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA2A2	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.012 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdbd',
    500: '#aca2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca2a2;
$custom-light: #c4bdbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7207,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA2A2

secondary

#D3D7D7

accent

#909056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA2A2

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

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