#ACA4A8#ACA4A8

#ACA4A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.011 H 345.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4A8
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(330, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(330, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, 3.62, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 3.76, 344.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0104 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.011 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3556, 38.1490, 42.4338)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4A8 #A4ACA8

analogous

#ACA4AC #ACA4A8 #ACA4A4

triadic

#ACA4A8 #A8ACA4 #A4A8AC

tetradic

#ACA4A8 #ACACA4 #A4ACA8 #A4A4AC

square

#ACA4A8 #ACACA4 #A4ACA8 #A4A4AC

split-complementary

#ACA4A8 #A4ACA4 #A4ACAC

monochromatic

#70666B #8F8489 #ACA4A8 #C9C4C7 #E6E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ACA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4A8

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4A8	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A6A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.011 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc1',
    500: '#aca4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4a8;
$custom-light: #c4bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72663,
    "c": 0.01079,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4A8

secondary

#D5D7D6

accent

#8E7357

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4A8

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

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