#ACA0BE#ACA0BE

#ACA0BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.045 H 303.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0BE
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(264, 19%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(264, 16%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, 10.17, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 17.18, 306.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0247 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.045 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8766, 37.6300, 53.9204)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0BE #B2BEA0

analogous

#A0A3BE #ACA0BE #BBA0BE

triadic

#ACA0BE #BEACA0 #A0BEAC

tetradic

#ACA0BE #BEA0A3 #B2BEA0 #A0BEBB

square

#ACA0BE #BEA0A3 #B2BEA0 #A0BEBB

split-complementary

#ACA0BE #BEBBA0 #A3BEA0

monochromatic

#6E5C87 #8C7CA5 #ACA0BE #CCC4D7 #EBE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#ACA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#ACA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0BE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0BE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.045 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcd1',
    500: '#aca0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0be;
$custom-light: #c4bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72581,
    "c": 0.0448,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0BE

secondary

#DEE1D8

accent

#9D487B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0BE

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

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