#ACA4AA#ACA4AA

#ACA4AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.012 H 334.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4AA
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(315, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(315, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 3.99, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 4.50, 332.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0112 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.012 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.5433, 38.2241, 43.4226)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4AA #A4ACA6

analogous

#AAA4AC #ACA4AA #ACA4A6

triadic

#ACA4AA #AAACA4 #A4AAAC

tetradic

#ACA4AA #ACAAA4 #A4ACA6 #A4A6AC

square

#ACA4AA #ACAAA4 #A4ACA6 #A4A6AC

split-complementary

#ACA4AA #A6ACA4 #A4ACAA

monochromatic

#70666D #8F848C #ACA4AA #C9C4C8 #E6E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACA4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#ACA4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4AA

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4AA	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.012 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc3',
    500: '#aca4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4aa;
$custom-light: #c4bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.01248,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4AA

secondary

#D5D7D5

accent

#8E6557

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4AA

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

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