#ACA8A0#ACA8A0

#ACA8A0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.012 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A0
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(40, 7%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(40, 7%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -0.02, 4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 4.64, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0012 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.012 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3602, 39.3142, 38.8711)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A0 #A0A4AC

analogous

#ACA2A0 #ACA8A0 #AAACA0

triadic

#ACA8A0 #A0ACA8 #A8A0AC

tetradic

#ACA8A0 #A0ACA2 #A0A4AC #ACA0AA

square

#ACA8A0 #A0ACA2 #A0A4AC #ACA0AA

split-complementary

#ACA8A0 #A0AAAC #A2A0AC

monochromatic

#706B62 #8F8A7F #ACA8A0 #C9C6C1 #E5E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.012 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bc',
    500: '#aca8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a0;
$custom-light: #c4c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 6.742,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73258,
    "c": 0.01225,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A0

secondary

#D2D3D6

accent

#699155

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A0

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

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