#ACA8A5#ACA8A5

#ACA8A5 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.006 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A5
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(26, 4%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(26, 4%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 4.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 0.88, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 2.23, 66.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0032 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.006 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8065, 39.4927, 41.2212)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A5 #A5A9AC

analogous

#ACA5A5 #ACA8A5 #ACABA5

triadic

#ACA8A5 #A5ACA8 #A8A5AC

tetradic

#ACA8A5 #A5ACA5 #A5A9AC #ABA5AC

square

#ACA8A5 #A5ACA5 #A5A9AC #ABA5AC

split-complementary

#ACA8A5 #A5ACAB #A5A5AC

monochromatic

#706B67 #8F8985 #ACA8A5 #C9C7C5 #E7E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A5

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A5	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.006 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1bf',
    500: '#aca8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a5;
$custom-light: #c4c1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 4.046,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.00631,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A5

secondary

#D5D7D8

accent

#778E58

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A5

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

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