#ACA5AE#ACA5AE

#ACA5AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.015 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5AE
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(287, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(287, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 4.20, -3.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 5.63, 318.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.0113 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.015 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1072, 38.7371, 45.5056)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5AE #A7AEA5

analogous

#A8A5AE #ACA5AE #AEA5AC

triadic

#ACA5AE #AEACA5 #A5AEAC

tetradic

#ACA5AE #AEA8A5 #A7AEA5 #A5ACAE

square

#ACA5AE #AEA8A5 #A7AEA5 #A5ACAE

split-complementary

#ACA5AE #ACAEA5 #A5AEA8

monochromatic

#6F6772 #8E8591 #ACA5AE #CAC5CB #E7E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#ACA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5AE

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5AE	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.015 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfc6',
    500: '#aca5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5ae;
$custom-light: #c4bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73055,
    "c": 0.01501,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5AE

secondary

#D7D9D6

accent

#8F5663

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5AE

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

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