#ACA8B4#ACA8B4

#ACA8B4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.018 H 301.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8B4
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 7%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(260, 7%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, 3.72, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 6.76, 303.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0091 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.018 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2526, 40.0712, 48.8378)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8B4 #B0B4A8

analogous

#A8AAB4 #ACA8B4 #B2A8B4

triadic

#ACA8B4 #B4ACA8 #A8B4AC

tetradic

#ACA8B4 #B4A8AA #B0B4A8 #A8B4B2

square

#ACA8B4 #B4A8AA #B0B4A8 #A8B4B2

split-complementary

#ACA8B4 #B4B2A8 #AAB4A8

monochromatic

#6E6879 #8D8798 #ACA8B4 #CBC9D0 #EBEAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#ACA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8B4

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8B4	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AAB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.018 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ca',
    500: '#aca8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8b4;
$custom-light: #c4c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73863,
    "c": 0.0176,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8B4

secondary

#DDDEDA

accent

#91547D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8B4

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

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