#ACA5AA#ACA5AA

#ACA5AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.011 H 335.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5AA
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(317, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(317, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 3.44, -1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 3.83, 333.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% 0.0097 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.011 335.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.7230, 38.5834, 43.4825)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5AA #A5ACA7

analogous

#AAA5AC #ACA5AA #ACA5A6

triadic

#ACA5AA #AAACA5 #A5AAAC

tetradic

#ACA5AA #ACAAA5 #A5ACA7 #A5A6AC

square

#ACA5AA #ACAAA5 #A5ACA7 #A5A6AC

split-complementary

#ACA5AA #A6ACA5 #A5ACAA

monochromatic

#70676D #8F858C #ACA5AA #C9C5C8 #E7E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5AA

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5AA	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.011 335.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc3',
    500: '#aca5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5aa;
$custom-light: #c4bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.143,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.01068,
    "h": 335.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5AA

secondary

#D5D8D6

accent

#8E6758

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5AA

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

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