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#aca4af

a light, muted gray · warm · closest name: silver

RGB
172, 164, 175
HSL
284°, 6%, 67%
CMYK
2, 6, 0, 31
Luminance
0.3842

Every format

HEX#aca4af
RGBrgb(172, 164, 175)
HSLhsl(284, 6%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 6%, 0%, 31%)
LABlab(68.3 5.0 -4.6)
LCHlch(68.3 6.8 316.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.729 0.018 316.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aca4af;
background-color: #aca4af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aca4af] bg-[#aca4af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aca4af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.643, blue: 0.686)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aca4af")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aca4af on white: 2.42:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aca4af on black: 8.68:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green64.3%
Blue68.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.7%
Magenta6.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)31.4%

Color previews

#aca4af text on a black background

contrast 8.68:1

Card sample

#aca4af text on a white background

contrast 2.42:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aca4af;
Background color
Panel with #aca4af background
background-color: #aca4af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aca4af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 164, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 164, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aca4af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca4af, #AFA4AB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aca4af

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aca4af in the Color Lab