#ACA8B0#ACA8B0

#ACA8B0 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.012 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8B0
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 176)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 5%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 2.94, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 4.65, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% 0.0076 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.012 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8510, 39.9106, 46.7226)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8B0 #ACB0A8

analogous

#A8A8B0 #ACA8B0 #B0A8B0

triadic

#ACA8B0 #B0ACA8 #A8B0AC

tetradic

#ACA8B0 #B0A8A8 #ACB0A8 #A8B0B0

square

#ACA8B0 #B0A8A8 #ACB0A8 #A8B0B0

split-complementary

#ACA8B0 #B0B0A8 #A8B0A8

monochromatic

#6F6974 #8D8893 #ACA8B0 #CBC8CD #E9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#ACA8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#ACA8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8B0

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8B0	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.012 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1c7',
    500: '#aca8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8b0;
$custom-light: #c4c1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.819,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73735,
    "c": 0.01219,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8B0

secondary

#DADBD9

accent

#8F5773

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8B0

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

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