#ACA0BA#ACA0BA

#ACA0BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.039 H 306.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0BA
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 186)
HSL	hsl(268, 16%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(268, 14%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 14%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 9.35, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 15.06, 308.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0233 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.039 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4454, 37.4575, 51.6495)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0BA #AEBAA0

analogous

#A0A1BA #ACA0BA #B9A0BA

triadic

#ACA0BA #BAACA0 #A0BAAC

tetradic

#ACA0BA #BAA0A1 #AEBAA0 #A0BAB9

square

#ACA0BA #BAA0A1 #AEBAA0 #A0BAB9

split-complementary

#ACA0BA #BAB9A0 #A1BAA0

monochromatic

#6E5E82 #8D7DA0 #ACA0BA #CBC3D4 #EAE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#ACA0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0BA

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0BA	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.039 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcce',
    500: '#aca0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0ba;
$custom-light: #c4bcce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 15.854,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72439,
    "c": 0.03939,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0BA

secondary

#DBDFD7

accent

#9A4B76

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0BA

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

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