#AC9CA8#AC9CA8

#AC9CA8 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.025 H 334.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC9CA8
RGB	rgb(172, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(315, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(315, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 2.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 8.04, -4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 9.03, 332.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0227 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.025 334.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9687, 35.3752, 41.9715)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC9CA8 #9CACA0

analogous

#A89CAC #AC9CA8 #AC9CA0

triadic

#AC9CA8 #A8AC9C #9CA8AC

tetradic

#AC9CA8 #ACA89C #9CACA0 #9CA0AC

square

#AC9CA8 #ACA89C #9CACA0 #9CA0AC

split-complementary

#AC9CA8 #A0AC9C #9CACA8

monochromatic

#705E6B #907B8B #AC9CA8 #C8BDC5 #E4DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AC9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#AC9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AC9CA8

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AC9CA8	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE9DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.025 334.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b9c1',
    500: '#ac9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac9ca8;
$custom-light: #c4b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315,
    "s": 8.791,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71029,
    "c": 0.02515,
    "h": 334.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC9CA8

secondary

#CFD5D1

accent

#936353

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F6F7

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC9CA8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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