#ACA0B9#ACA0B9

#ACA0B9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.038 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0B9
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 185)
HSL	hsl(269, 15%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(269, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 13.5%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, 9.15, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 14.54, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0229 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.038 307)
XYZ	xyz(38.3395, 37.4152, 51.0916)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0B9 #ADB9A0

analogous

#A0A0B9 #ACA0B9 #B9A0B9

triadic

#ACA0B9 #B9ACA0 #A0B9AC

tetradic

#ACA0B9 #B9A0A0 #ADB9A0 #A0B9B9

square

#ACA0B9 #B9A0A0 #ADB9A0 #A0B9B9

split-complementary

#ACA0B9 #B9B9A0 #A0B9A0

monochromatic

#6F5E80 #8D7D9F #ACA0B9 #CBC3D3 #EAE6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#ACA0B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#ACA0B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0B9

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0B9	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.038 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcce',
    500: '#aca0b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0b9;
$custom-light: #c4bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.8,
    "s": 15.152,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72404,
    "c": 0.03806,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.37415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0B9

secondary

#DBDED7

accent

#994C74

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0B9

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

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