#ACA8A1#ACA8A1

#ACA8A1 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.011 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A1
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 161)
HSL	hsl(38, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(38, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 6.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 0.16, 4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 4.12, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0016 0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.011 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4481, 39.3494, 39.3337)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A1 #A1A5AC

analogous

#ACA2A1 #ACA8A1 #AAACA1

triadic

#ACA8A1 #A1ACA8 #A8A1AC

tetradic

#ACA8A1 #A1ACA2 #A1A5AC #ACA1AA

square

#ACA8A1 #A1ACA2 #A1A5AC #ACA1AA

split-complementary

#ACA8A1 #A1AAAC #A2A1AC

monochromatic

#706B63 #8F8A80 #ACA8A1 #C9C6C2 #E5E4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ACA8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A1

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A1	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.011 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bc',
    500: '#aca8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a1;
$custom-light: #c4c1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 6.215,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.01095,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A1

secondary

#D3D4D6

accent

#6B9055

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A1

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

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