#ACA3AF#ACA3AF

#ACA3AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.020 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA3AF
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(285, 7%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 7%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 5.50, -5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 7.45, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0147 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.02 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8471, 38.0604, 45.9017)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA3AF #A6AFA3

analogous

#A6A3AF #ACA3AF #AFA3AC

triadic

#ACA3AF #AFACA3 #A3AFAC

tetradic

#ACA3AF #AFA6A3 #A6AFA3 #A3ACAF

square

#ACA3AF #AFA6A3 #A6AFA3 #A3ACAF

split-complementary

#ACA3AF #ACAFA3 #A3AFA6

monochromatic

#706473 #8E8293 #ACA3AF #CAC4CB #E7E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ACA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA3AF

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA3AF	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A5B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.020 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bec6',
    500: '#aca3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca3af;
$custom-light: #c4bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72677,
    "c": 0.01985,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA3AF

secondary

#D6D9D5

accent

#915564

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA3AF

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

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