#ACA8A3#ACA8A3

#ACA8A3 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.008 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A3
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 163)
HSL	hsl(33, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(33, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 5.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 0.51, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 3.13, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0024 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.008 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6259, 39.4205, 40.2700)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A3 #A3A7AC

analogous

#ACA3A3 #ACA8A3 #ABACA3

triadic

#ACA8A3 #A3ACA8 #A8A3AC

tetradic

#ACA8A3 #A3ACA3 #A3A7AC #ACA3AB

square

#ACA8A3 #A3ACA3 #A3A7AC #ACA3AB

split-complementary

#ACA8A3 #A3ABAC #A3A3AC

monochromatic

#706B65 #8F8A83 #ACA8A3 #C9C6C3 #E6E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACA8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A3

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A3	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#AAA8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.008 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1be',
    500: '#aca8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a3;
$custom-light: #c4c1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 5.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73344,
    "c": 0.00848,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A3

secondary

#D4D5D7

accent

#708F56

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A3

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

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