#ACA6AE#ACA6AE

#ACA6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.013 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6AE
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(285, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(285, 5%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 3.65, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 4.96, 317.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0098 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.013 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2882, 39.0992, 45.5660)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6AE #A8AEA6

analogous

#A8A6AE #ACA6AE #AEA6AC

triadic

#ACA6AE #AEACA6 #A6AEAC

tetradic

#ACA6AE #AEA8A6 #A8AEA6 #A6ACAE

square

#ACA6AE #AEA8A6 #A8AEA6 #A6ACAE

split-complementary

#ACA6AE #ACAEA6 #A6AEA8

monochromatic

#6F6872 #8E8691 #ACA6AE #CAC6CB #E8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#ACA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6AE

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6AE	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A8AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.013 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0c6',
    500: '#aca6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6ae;
$custom-light: #c4c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 4.706,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7326,
    "c": 0.0132,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6AE

secondary

#D7D9D7

accent

#8F5765

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6AE

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

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