#ACA6A8#ACA6A8

#ACA6A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.007 H 354.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6A8
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 168)
HSL	hsl(340, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(340, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 2.52, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 2.53, 354.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0074 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.007 354.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7163, 38.8705, 42.5540)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6A8 #A6ACAA

analogous

#ACA6AB #ACA6A8 #ACA7A6

triadic

#ACA6A8 #A8ACA6 #A6A8AC

tetradic

#ACA6A8 #ABACA6 #A6ACAA #A7A6AC

square

#ACA6A8 #ABACA6 #A6ACAA #A7A6AC

split-complementary

#ACA6A8 #A6ACA7 #A6ABAC

monochromatic

#70686B #8E8689 #ACA6A8 #CAC6C7 #E7E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACA6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#ACA6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6A8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6A8	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.007 354.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0c1',
    500: '#aca6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6a8;
$custom-light: #c4c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 3.488,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73076,
    "c": 0.00744,
    "h": 354.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6A8

secondary

#D6D8D7

accent

#8D7C58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6A8

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

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