#ACACA8#ACACA8

#ACACA8 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.006 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACACA8
RGB	rgb(172, 172, 168)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -0.75, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 2.18, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0016 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.006 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8326, 41.1029, 42.9261)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACACA8 #A8A8AC

analogous

#ACAAA8 #ACACA8 #AAACA8

triadic

#ACACA8 #A8ACAC #ACA8AC

tetradic

#ACACA8 #A8ACAA #A8A8AC #ACA8AA

square

#ACACA8 #A8ACAA #A8A8AC #ACA8AA

split-complementary

#ACACA8 #A8AAAC #AAA8AC

monochromatic

#6F6F6A #8E8E89 #ACACA8 #CACAC7 #E8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#ACACA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#ACACA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACACA8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACACA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACACA8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADACA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 172, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.006 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4c1',
    500: '#acaca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaca8;
$custom-light: #c4c4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.353,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74325,
    "c": 0.00565,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACACA8

secondary

#D7D7D9

accent

#598C59

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F8F8F7

border

#D1D1D0

text

#121212

muted

#818181

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACACA8

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

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