#ACA0C2#ACA0C2

#ACA0C2 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.050 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C2
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 194)
HSL	hsl(261, 22%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 18%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 11.01, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 19.31, 304.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0261 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.05 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3198, 37.8073, 56.2546)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C2 #B6C2A0

analogous

#A0A5C2 #ACA0C2 #BDA0C2

triadic

#ACA0C2 #C2ACA0 #A0C2AC

tetradic

#ACA0C2 #C2A0A5 #B6C2A0 #A0C2BD

square

#ACA0C2 #C2A0A5 #B6C2A0 #A0C2BD

split-complementary

#ACA0C2 #C2BDA0 #A5C2A0

monochromatic

#6C5B8D #8B7BAA #ACA0C2 #CDC5DA #EDEBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACA0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#ACA0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C2

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C2	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.050 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd4',
    500: '#aca0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c2;
$custom-light: #c5bcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 21.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72726,
    "c": 0.05027,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C2

secondary

#E0E4DA

accent

#A04580

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C2

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

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