#ACA0C6#ACA0C6

#ACA0C6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.056 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C6
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 198)
HSL	hsl(259, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(259, 19%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, 11.87, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 21.46, 303.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0274 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.056 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7751, 37.9894, 58.6524)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C6 #BAC6A0

analogous

#A0A7C6 #ACA0C6 #BFA0C6

triadic

#ACA0C6 #C6ACA0 #A0C6AC

tetradic

#ACA0C6 #C6A0A7 #BAC6A0 #A0C6BF

square

#ACA0C6 #C6A0A7 #BAC6A0 #A0C6BF

split-complementary

#ACA0C6 #C6BFA0 #A7C6A0

monochromatic

#6B5893 #8B7AAF #ACA0C6 #CDC6DD #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACA0C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#ACA0C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C6

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C6	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.056 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd7',
    500: '#aca0c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c6;
$custom-light: #c5bcd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72875,
    "c": 0.05578,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C6

secondary

#E3E6DC

accent

#A44285

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C6

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

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