#ACA0C4#ACA0C4

#ACA0C4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.053 H 300.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C4
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(260, 23%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(260, 18%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 11.44, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 20.39, 304.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0268 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.053 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5459, 37.8977, 57.4455)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C4 #B8C4A0

analogous

#A0A6C4 #ACA0C4 #BEA0C4

triadic

#ACA0C4 #C4ACA0 #A0C4AC

tetradic

#ACA0C4 #C4A0A6 #B8C4A0 #A0C4BE

square

#ACA0C4 #C4A0A6 #B8C4A0 #A0C4BE

split-complementary

#ACA0C4 #C4BEA0 #A6C4A0

monochromatic

#6C5990 #8B7AAD #ACA0C4 #CDC6DB #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#ACA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C4

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C4	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A5C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.053 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd6',
    500: '#aca0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c4;
$custom-light: #c5bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 23.377,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.05302,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C4

secondary

#E2E5DB

accent

#A24482

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C4

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

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