#ACA0B4#ACA0B4

#ACA0B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.032 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B4
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 180)
HSL	hsl(276, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(276, 11%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 11.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 8.14, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 11.95, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0211 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.032 312)
XYZ	xyz(37.8209, 37.2077, 48.3605)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B4 #A8B4A0

analogous

#A2A0B4 #ACA0B4 #B4A0B2

triadic

#ACA0B4 #B4ACA0 #A0B4AC

tetradic

#ACA0B4 #B4A2A0 #A8B4A0 #A0B2B4

square

#ACA0B4 #B4A2A0 #A8B4A0 #A0B2B4

split-complementary

#ACA0B4 #B2B4A0 #A0B4A2

monochromatic

#6F607A #8E7E99 #ACA0B4 #CAC2CF #E8E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#ACA0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B4

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B4	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.032 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcca',
    500: '#aca0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b4;
$custom-light: #c4bcca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.03151,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B4

secondary

#D7DBD5

accent

#96506C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B4

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

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