#ACA8AA#ACA8AA

#ACA8AA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.005 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8AA
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 170)
HSL	hsl(330, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(330, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, 1.80, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 1.88, 343.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0052 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.005 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2705, 39.6783, 43.6649)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8AA #A8ACAA

analogous

#ACA8AC #ACA8AA #ACA8A8

triadic

#ACA8AA #AAACA8 #A8AAAC

tetradic

#ACA8AA #ACACA8 #A8ACAA #A8A8AC

square

#ACA8AA #ACACA8 #A8ACAA #A8A8AC

split-complementary

#ACA8AA #A8ACA8 #A8ACAC

monochromatic

#6F6A6D #8E898B #ACA8AA #CAC7C9 #E8E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACA8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8AA

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8AA	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.005 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c3',
    500: '#aca8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8aa;
$custom-light: #c4c1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.00537,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8AA

secondary

#D7D9D8

accent

#8C7359

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8AA

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

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