#ACA0BC#ACA0BC

#ACA0BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.042 H 304.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0BC
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(266, 17%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 9.76, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 16.12, 307.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.024 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.042 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6595, 37.5432, 52.7771)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0BC #B0BCA0

analogous

#A0A2BC #ACA0BC #BAA0BC

triadic

#ACA0BC #BCACA0 #A0BCAC

tetradic

#ACA0BC #BCA0A2 #B0BCA0 #A0BCBA

square

#ACA0BC #BCA0A2 #B0BCA0 #A0BCBA

split-complementary

#ACA0BC #BCBAA0 #A2BCA0

monochromatic

#6E5D84 #8D7CA3 #ACA0BC #CBC4D5 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#ACA0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0BC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0BC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.042 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcd0',
    500: '#aca0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0bc;
$custom-light: #c4bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 17.284,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.04208,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0BC

secondary

#DDE0D8

accent

#9C4A79

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0BC

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

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