#ACA0C8#ACA0C8

#ACA0C8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.059 H 298.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C8
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(258, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 20%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 12.30, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 22.54, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0281 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.059 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0073, 38.0823, 59.8753)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C8 #BCC8A0

analogous

#A0A8C8 #ACA0C8 #C0A0C8

triadic

#ACA0C8 #C8ACA0 #A0C8AC

tetradic

#ACA0C8 #C8A0A8 #BCC8A0 #A0C8C0

square

#ACA0C8 #C8A0A8 #BCC8A0 #A0C8C0

split-complementary

#ACA0C8 #C8C0A0 #A8C8A0

monochromatic

#6A5796 #8A79B2 #ACA0C8 #CEC7DE #EEECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#ACA0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#ACA0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C8

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C8	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.059 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd8',
    500: '#aca0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c8;
$custom-light: #c5bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.05855,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C8

secondary

#E4E7DC

accent

#A54087

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C8

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

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