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#aca8af

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

RGB
172, 168, 175
HSL
274°, 4%, 67%
CMYK
2, 4, 0, 31
Luminance
0.3987

Every format

HEX#aca8af
RGBrgb(172, 168, 175)
HSLhsl(274, 4%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 4%, 0%, 31%)
LABlab(69.4 2.8 -3.1)
LCHlch(69.4 4.1 311.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.737 0.011 311.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aca8af;
background-color: #aca8af;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aca8af] bg-[#aca8af]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aca8af;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.659, blue: 0.686)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aca8af")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aca8af on white: 2.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aca8af on black: 8.97:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green65.9%
Blue68.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.7%
Magenta4.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)31.4%

Color previews

#aca8af text on a black background

contrast 8.97:1

Card sample

#aca8af text on a white background

contrast 2.34:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aca8af;
Background color
Panel with #aca8af background
background-color: #aca8af;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aca8af;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 168, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 168, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aca8af;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca8af, #AFA8AD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aca8af

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aca8af in the Color Lab