#ACA6A0#ACA6A0

#ACA6A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.011 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6A0
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 160)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, 1.07, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 4.01, 74.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0042 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.011 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9939, 38.5815, 38.7490)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6A0 #A0A6AC

analogous

#ACA0A0 #ACA6A0 #ACACA0

triadic

#ACA6A0 #A0ACA6 #A6A0AC

tetradic

#ACA6A0 #A0ACA0 #A0A6AC #ACA0AC

square

#ACA6A0 #A0ACA0 #A0A6AC #ACA0AC

split-complementary

#ACA6A0 #A0ACAC #A0A0AC

monochromatic

#706962 #8F877F #ACA6A0 #C9C5C1 #E5E3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACA6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#ACA6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6A0

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6A0	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)

#A8A6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.011 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0bc',
    500: '#aca6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6a0;
$custom-light: #c4c0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.01103,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6A0

secondary

#D2D4D6

accent

#739155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6A0

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

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