#ACA4A6#ACA4A6

#ACA4A6 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.010 H 0.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4A6
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 166)
HSL	hsl(345, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(345, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 3.25, -0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 3.25, 359.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0097 0)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.01 0.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1707, 38.0750, 41.4600)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4A6 #A4ACAA

analogous

#ACA4AA #ACA4A6 #ACA6A4

triadic

#ACA4A6 #A6ACA4 #A4A6AC

tetradic

#ACA4A6 #AAACA4 #A4ACAA #A6A4AC

square

#ACA4A6 #AAACA4 #A4ACAA #A6A4AC

split-complementary

#ACA4A6 #A4ACA6 #A4AAAC

monochromatic

#706668 #8F8487 #ACA4A6 #C9C4C5 #E6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACA4A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#ACA4A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4A6

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4A6	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)

#A5A5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.010 0.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc0',
    500: '#aca4a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4a6;
$custom-light: #c4bfc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72602,
    "c": 0.00965,
    "h": 0.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4A6

secondary

#D5D7D7

accent

#8E8157

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4A6

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

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