#ACA0B3#ACA0B3

#ACA0B3 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.030 H 313.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B3
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 179)
HSL	hsl(278, 11%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(278, 11%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 7.94, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 11.44, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0207 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.03 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7194, 37.1671, 47.8260)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B3 #A7B3A0

analogous

#A3A0B3 #ACA0B3 #B3A0B1

triadic

#ACA0B3 #B3ACA0 #A0B3AC

tetradic

#ACA0B3 #B3A3A0 #A7B3A0 #A0B1B3

square

#ACA0B3 #B3A3A0 #A7B3A0 #A0B1B3

split-complementary

#ACA0B3 #B1B3A0 #A0B3A3

monochromatic

#6F6078 #8E7E98 #ACA0B3 #CAC2CE #E7E4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA0B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#ACA0B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B3

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B3	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.030 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcc9',
    500: '#aca0b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b3;
$custom-light: #c4bcc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72198,
    "c": 0.03024,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B3

secondary

#D7DAD4

accent

#95506A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B3

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

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