#ACA0B0#ACA0B0

#ACA0B0 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.027 H 317.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B0
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 176)
HSL	hsl(285, 9%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(285, 9%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 7.35, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 9.94, 317.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0196 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.027 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4193, 37.0471, 46.2454)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B0 #A4B0A0

analogous

#A4A0B0 #ACA0B0 #B0A0AC

triadic

#ACA0B0 #B0ACA0 #A0B0AC

tetradic

#ACA0B0 #B0A4A0 #A4B0A0 #A0ACB0

square

#ACA0B0 #B0A4A0 #A4B0A0 #A0ACB0

split-complementary

#ACA0B0 #ACB0A0 #A0B0A4

monochromatic

#706175 #8F7F94 #ACA0B0 #C9C1CC #E6E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#ACA0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#ACA0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B0

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B0	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.027 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc7',
    500: '#aca0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b0;
$custom-light: #c4bcc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 9.195,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.02651,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B0

secondary

#D5D9D3

accent

#935263

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B0

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

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