#ACA8A9#ACA8A9

#ACA8A9 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.005 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8A9
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(345, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(345, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 1.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, 1.61, -0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 1.61, 359.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0048 0)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.005 0)
XYZ	xyz(38.1762, 39.6406, 43.1686)
Luminance	0.3964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8A9 #A8ACAB

analogous

#ACA8AB #ACA8A9 #ACA9A8

triadic

#ACA8A9 #A9ACA8 #A8A9AC

tetradic

#ACA8A9 #ABACA8 #A8ACAB #A9A8AC

square

#ACA8A9 #ABACA8 #A8ACAB #A9A8AC

split-complementary

#ACA8A9 #A8ACA9 #A8ABAC

monochromatic

#6F6A6C #8E898A #ACA8A9 #CAC7C8 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#ACA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8A9

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8A9	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.005 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c2',
    500: '#aca8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8a9;
$custom-light: #c4c1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.00479,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.3964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8A9

secondary

#D7D9D8

accent

#8C7F59

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8A9

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

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