Information about #ACAC9C color
Basic facts about this digital color
#ACAC9C is a softly muted balanced grey tone that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. In practice it works well for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Half Lemon Grass (#ACAD9E). Slightly further away sit Terrain (#ADAD99) and Off Piste (#AFACA0).
In RGB terms — rgb(172, 172, 156) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ACAC9C: 9.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#ACAC9C color variations
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#ACAC9C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#ACAC9C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#ACAC9C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#ACAC9C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#ACAC9C color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #ACAC9C color
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Nearest named colors to #ACAC9C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#ACAD9E
#ADAD99
#AFACA0
#A9AF99
#A8A89C
#B0A99F
#B2AD9E
#B2A99D
#B3AC9C
#A9A7A0
#ABA59E
#AFADA3
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#ACAC9C
- RGB172, 172, 156
- CMYK0, 0, 6, 33
- CSSrgb(172, 172, 156)
- HSL60°, 9%, 64%
- HSL Precise60°, 8.791%, 64.314%
- HSV60°, 9%, 67%
- HSB60°, 9%, 67%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.675
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.612
- GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.675, 0.612)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.675, 0.612, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.675, 0.612)
- Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
- Percentage of Green in RGB67.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB61.2%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDACAC9C
- DECIMAL ID11316380
- Name LengthThis color has no name
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- Counting from2025-01-01
