#ACA0BD#ACA0BD

#ACA0BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.043 H 304.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0BD
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(265, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 9.97, -13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 16.65, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% 0.0244 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.043 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7677, 37.5864, 53.3468)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0BD #B1BDA0

analogous

#A0A2BD #ACA0BD #BAA0BD

triadic

#ACA0BD #BDACA0 #A0BDAC

tetradic

#ACA0BD #BDA0A2 #B1BDA0 #A0BDBA

square

#ACA0BD #BDA0A2 #B1BDA0 #A0BDBA

split-complementary

#ACA0BD #BDBAA0 #A2BDA0

monochromatic

#6E5D86 #8C7CA4 #ACA0BD #CCC4D6 #EBE8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#ACA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#ACA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0BD

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0BD	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.043 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcd0',
    500: '#aca0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0bd;
$custom-light: #c4bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 18.012,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72545,
    "c": 0.04344,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0BD

secondary

#DDE1D8

accent

#9C497A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0BD

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

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