#ACA6A2#ACA6A2

#ACA6A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.009 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6A2
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 162)
HSL	hsl(24, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(24, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 1.42, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 3.17, 63.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.005 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.009 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1702, 38.6520, 39.6778)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6A2 #A2A8AC

analogous

#ACA2A3 #ACA6A2 #ACABA2

triadic

#ACA6A2 #A2ACA6 #A6A2AC

tetradic

#ACA6A2 #A3ACA2 #A2A8AC #ABA2AC

square

#ACA6A2 #A3ACA2 #A2A8AC #ABA2AC

split-complementary

#ACA6A2 #A2ACAB #A2A3AC

monochromatic

#706964 #8F8782 #ACA6A2 #C9C5C2 #E6E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACA6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ACA6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6A2

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6A2	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.009 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0bd',
    500: '#aca6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6a2;
$custom-light: #c4c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.00902,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6A2

secondary

#D3D5D7

accent

#799056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6A2

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

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