#ACA0C9#ACA0C9

#ACA0C9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.060 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0C9
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 201)
HSL	hsl(258, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(258, 20%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 20.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, 12.51, -19.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 23.08, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% 0.0284 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.06 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1245, 38.1292, 60.4928)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0C9 #BDC9A0

analogous

#A0A8C9 #ACA0C9 #C0A0C9

triadic

#ACA0C9 #C9ACA0 #A0C9AC

tetradic

#ACA0C9 #C9A0A8 #BDC9A0 #A0C9C0

square

#ACA0C9 #C9A0A8 #BDC9A0 #A0C9C0

split-complementary

#ACA0C9 #C9C0A0 #A8C9A0

monochromatic

#6A5698 #8A79B3 #ACA0C9 #CEC7DF #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACA0C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#ACA0C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0C9

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0C9	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.060 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcd9',
    500: '#aca0c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0c9;
$custom-light: #c5bcd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.561,
    "s": 27.517,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72989,
    "c": 0.05994,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0C9

secondary

#E5E8DD

accent

#A63F88

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#131214

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0C9

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

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