#ACA8A2#ACA8A2

#ACA8A2 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.010 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A2
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(36, 6%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 6%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 5.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, 0.33, 3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 3.62, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% 0.002 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.01 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5366, 39.3848, 39.8000)
Luminance	0.3938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A2 #A2A6AC

analogous

#ACA3A2 #ACA8A2 #ABACA2

triadic

#ACA8A2 #A2ACA8 #A8A2AC

tetradic

#ACA8A2 #A2ACA3 #A2A6AC #ACA2AB

square

#ACA8A2 #A2ACA3 #A2A6AC #ACA2AB

split-complementary

#ACA8A2 #A2ABAC #A3A2AC

monochromatic

#706B64 #8F8A82 #ACA8A2 #C9C6C2 #E6E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A2	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA8A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.010 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bd',
    500: '#aca8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a2;
$custom-light: #c4c1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 5.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73315,
    "c": 0.0097,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A2

secondary

#D3D5D7

accent

#6D9056

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A2

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

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