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#ACA5AA

Mushroom · light neutral

About #ACA5AA

With the hex code #ACA5AA, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 65% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 1% yellow and 33% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mushroom — a ΔE of 9.7 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A5ACA7, a greige shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 8.72:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green165
Blue170

Closest named colours

Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 9.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 9.9
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 10.0

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #ACA5AA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #ACA5AA.
2.41:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on mushroom #ACA5AA.
8.72:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACA5AA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACA5AA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#A5A6AA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#A6A7AA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#ADA5A7

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACA5AA?

With the hex code #ACA5AA, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 67% red, 65% green and 67% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 4% magenta, 1% yellow and 33% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ACA5AA?

Use black text. Black on #ACA5AA has a contrast ratio of 8.72:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACA5AA?

Its complementary colour is #A5ACA7, and analogous partners are #ABA5AC and #ACA5A7.