#ACA4AE#ACA4AE

#ACA4AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.017 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4AE
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(288, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 4.75, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 6.29, 319.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0128 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.017 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9275, 38.3777, 45.4458)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4AE #A6AEA4

analogous

#A7A4AE #ACA4AE #AEA4AB

triadic

#ACA4AE #AEACA4 #A4AEAC

tetradic

#ACA4AE #AEA7A4 #A6AEA4 #A4ABAE

square

#ACA4AE #AEA7A4 #A6AEA4 #A4ABAE

split-complementary

#ACA4AE #ABAEA4 #A4AEA7

monochromatic

#706672 #8E8491 #ACA4AE #CAC4CB #E7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4AE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4AE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.017 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc6',
    500: '#aca4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4ae;
$custom-light: #c4bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.01683,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4AE

secondary

#D6D9D5

accent

#905661

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4AE

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

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