#ACA2AE#ACA2AE

#ACA2AE is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.020 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA2AE
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 174)
HSL	hsl(290, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(290, 7%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 5.86, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 7.63, 320.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0158 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.02 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5724, 37.6675, 45.3274)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA2AE #A4AEA2

analogous

#A6A2AE #ACA2AE #AEA2AA

triadic

#ACA2AE #AEACA2 #A2AEAC

tetradic

#ACA2AE #AEA6A2 #A4AEA2 #A2AAAE

square

#ACA2AE #AEA6A2 #A4AEA2 #A2AAAE

split-complementary

#ACA2AE #AAAEA2 #A2AEA6

monochromatic

#706372 #8F8192 #ACA2AE #C9C3CA #E6E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACA2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACA2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA2AE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA2AE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.020 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdc6',
    500: '#aca2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca2ae;
$custom-light: #c4bdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 6.897,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.02048,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA2AE

secondary

#D5D8D4

accent

#91555F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA2AE

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

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