#ACA8A4#ACA8A4

#ACA8A4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.007 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A4
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(30, 5%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(30, 5%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 4.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, 0.69, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 2.66, 74.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0028 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.007 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7158, 39.4565, 40.7437)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A4 #A4A8AC

analogous

#ACA4A4 #ACA8A4 #ACACA4

triadic

#ACA8A4 #A4ACA8 #A8A4AC

tetradic

#ACA8A4 #A4ACA4 #A4A8AC #ACA4AC

square

#ACA8A4 #A4ACA4 #A4A8AC #ACA4AC

split-complementary

#ACA8A4 #A4ACAC #A4A4AC

monochromatic

#706B66 #8F8984 #ACA8A4 #C9C7C4 #E6E5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#ACA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A4

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A4	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.007 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bf',
    500: '#aca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a4;
$custom-light: #c4c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 4.598,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.00734,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A4

secondary

#D5D6D7

accent

#738E57

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A4

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

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