#ACA0B8#ACA0B8

#ACA0B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.037 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B8
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 184)
HSL	hsl(270, 14%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(270, 13%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 13%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, 8.94, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 14.01, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0226 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.037 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2343, 37.3731, 50.5376)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B8 #ACB8A0

analogous

#A0A0B8 #ACA0B8 #B8A0B8

triadic

#ACA0B8 #B8ACA0 #A0B8AC

tetradic

#ACA0B8 #B8A0A0 #ACB8A0 #A0B8B8

square

#ACA0B8 #B8A0A0 #ACB8A0 #A0B8B8

split-complementary

#ACA0B8 #B8B8A0 #A0B8A0

monochromatic

#6F5F7F #8D7D9E #ACA0B8 #CBC3D2 #E9E6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ACA0B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#ACA0B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B8

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B8	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.037 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bccd',
    500: '#aca0b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b8;
$custom-light: #c4bccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 14.458,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72369,
    "c": 0.03673,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B8

secondary

#DADED6

accent

#994D73

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B8

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

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