#ACA4AF#ACA4AF

#ACA4AF is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.018 H 316.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4AF
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 175)
HSL	hsl(284, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(284, 6%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 4.95, -4.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 6.78, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0132 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.018 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0253, 38.4169, 45.9611)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4AF #A7AFA4

analogous

#A7A4AF #ACA4AF #AFA4AD

triadic

#ACA4AF #AFACA4 #A4AFAC

tetradic

#ACA4AF #AFA7A4 #A7AFA4 #A4ADAF

square

#ACA4AF #AFA7A4 #A7AFA4 #A4ADAF

split-complementary

#ACA4AF #ADAFA4 #A4AFA7

monochromatic

#6F6573 #8E8392 #ACA4AF #CAC5CC #E7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#ACA4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#ACA4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4AF

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4AF	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)

#A3A6B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.018 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc6',
    500: '#aca4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4af;
$custom-light: #c4bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 6.433,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.01803,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4AF

secondary

#D7D9D6

accent

#905565

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4AF

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

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