#ACA0AF#ACA0AF

#ACA0AF is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.025 H 319.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0AF
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 175)
HSL	hsl(288, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(288, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 7.16, -6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 9.46, 319.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0192 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.025 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3207, 37.0077, 45.7262)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0AF #A3AFA0

analogous

#A4A0AF #ACA0AF #AFA0AA

triadic

#ACA0AF #AFACA0 #A0AFAC

tetradic

#ACA0AF #AFA4A0 #A3AFA0 #A0AAAF

square

#ACA0AF #AFA4A0 #A3AFA0 #A0AAAF

split-complementary

#ACA0AF #AAAFA0 #A0AFA4

monochromatic

#706173 #8F7F93 #ACA0AF #C9C1CB #E6E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA0AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#ACA0AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0AF

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0AF	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.025 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc6',
    500: '#aca0af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0af;
$custom-light: #c4bcc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.02531,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0AF

secondary

#D4D8D3

accent

#935360

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0AF

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

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