#ACA0C5#ACA0C5

#ACA0C5 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.054 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C5
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 197)
HSL	hsl(259, 24%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 11.65, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 20.92, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0271 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.054 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6601, 37.9434, 58.0469)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C5 #B9C5A0

analogous

#A0A7C5 #ACA0C5 #BEA0C5

triadic

#ACA0C5 #C5ACA0 #A0C5AC

tetradic

#ACA0C5 #C5A0A7 #B9C5A0 #A0C5BE

square

#ACA0C5 #C5A0A7 #B9C5A0 #A0C5BE

split-complementary

#ACA0C5 #C5BEA0 #A7C5A0

monochromatic

#6B5992 #8B7AAE #ACA0C5 #CDC6DC #EEECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#ACA0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#ACA0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C5

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C5	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.054 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd6',
    500: '#aca0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c5;
$custom-light: #c5bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 24.183,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72838,
    "c": 0.0544,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C5

secondary

#E2E6DB

accent

#A34384

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C5

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

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