#ACA2A8#ACA2A8

#ACA2A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.014 H 340.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA2A8
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 168)
HSL	hsl(324, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(324, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 4.72, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 5.05, 339.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0135 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.014 340.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0005, 37.4388, 42.3154)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA2A8 #A2ACA6

analogous

#ABA2AC #ACA2A8 #ACA2A3

triadic

#ACA2A8 #A8ACA2 #A2A8AC

tetradic

#ACA2A8 #ACABA2 #A2ACA6 #A2A3AC

square

#ACA2A8 #ACABA2 #A2ACA6 #A2A3AC

split-complementary

#ACA2A8 #A3ACA2 #A2ACAB

monochromatic

#70646B #8F828A #ACA2A8 #C9C2C6 #E6E3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#ACA2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA2A8

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA2A8	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.014 340.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdc1',
    500: '#aca2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca2a8;
$custom-light: #c4bdc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.0143,
    "h": 340.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA2A8

secondary

#D3D7D5

accent

#906D56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA2A8

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

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