Recognised as Colour
#ACAEA5
- #ACAEA5
- Grey
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark grey
#ACAEA5 is a grey with RGB values 172, 174, 165 and HSL 73°, 5%, 66%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark grey.
Colour values
#ACAEA5#ACAEA5
HEX#ACAEA5
RGBrgb(172, 174, 165)
RGB (0–1)0.6745, 0.6824, 0.6471
RGB percentages67.5%, 68.2%, 64.7%
HSLhsl(73.3, 5.3%, 66.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(73.3, 5.2%, 68.2%)
CMYK1.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,316,901
CSS custom property--colour: #ACAEA5;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.41759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.35:1
Contrast with white2.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#53515A
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.25:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.35:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familygrey
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#A7A5AE
Analogous#AEACA5, #A8AEA5
Triadic#A5ACAE, #AEA5AC
Split complementary#A5A8AE, #ACA5AE
Tetradic#A5AEAC, #A7A5AE, #AEA5A8
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R172
G174
B165
Red172 (67.5%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue165 (64.7%)
Hue73.33°
Saturation (HSL)5.26%
Lightness66.47%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR AC · G AE · B A5
Keep nerding
Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.
Nerdulate something else
Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page