#ACA0B5#ACA0B5

#ACA0B5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.033 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B5
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 181)
HSL	hsl(274, 12%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(274, 12%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 11.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 8.34, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 12.46, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0215 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.033 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9232, 37.2486, 48.8990)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B5 #A9B5A0

analogous

#A2A0B5 #ACA0B5 #B5A0B4

triadic

#ACA0B5 #B5ACA0 #A0B5AC

tetradic

#ACA0B5 #B5A2A0 #A9B5A0 #A0B4B5

square

#ACA0B5 #B5A2A0 #A9B5A0 #A0B4B5

split-complementary

#ACA0B5 #B4B5A0 #A0B5A2

monochromatic

#6F607B #8E7E9A #ACA0B5 #CAC2D0 #E8E5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#ACA0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#ACA0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B5

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B5	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.033 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bccb',
    500: '#aca0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b5;
$custom-light: #c4bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 12.426,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.0328,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B5

secondary

#D8DCD5

accent

#974F6E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B5

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

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