#ACA8A7#ACA8A7

#ACA8A7 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.005 H 34.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A7
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(12, 3%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(12, 3%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 2.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.24, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 1.61, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.004 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.005 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9899, 39.5661, 42.1874)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A7 #A7ABAC

analogous

#ACA7A9 #ACA8A7 #ACABA7

triadic

#ACA8A7 #A7ACA8 #A8A7AC

tetradic

#ACA8A7 #A9ACA7 #A7ABAC #ABA7AC

square

#ACA8A7 #A9ACA7 #A7ABAC #ABA7AC

split-complementary

#ACA8A7 #A7ACAB #A7A9AC

monochromatic

#6F6A69 #8E8988 #ACA8A7 #CAC7C6 #E7E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#ACA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A7

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A7	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.005 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c1',
    500: '#aca8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a7;
$custom-light: #c4c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 2.924,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.00483,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A7

secondary

#D7D8D8

accent

#828D59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A7

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

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