#ACA8A8#ACA8A8

#ACA8A8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A8
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, 1.43, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 1.52, 19.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0044 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0827, 39.6032, 42.6761)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A8 #A8ACAC

analogous

#ACA8AA #ACA8A8 #ACAAA8

triadic

#ACA8A8 #A8ACA8 #A8A8AC

tetradic

#ACA8A8 #AAACA8 #A8ACAC #AAA8AC

square

#ACA8A8 #AAACA8 #A8ACAC #AAA8AC

split-complementary

#ACA8A8 #A8ACAA #A8AAAC

monochromatic

#6F6A6A #8E8989 #ACA8A8 #CAC7C7 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A8

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A8	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c1',
    500: '#aca8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a8;
$custom-light: #c4c1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7349,
    "c": 0.0046,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A8

secondary

#D7D9D9

accent

#8C8C59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A8

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

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