#ACA0CC#ACA0CC

#ACA0CC is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.064 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0CC
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(256, 30%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(256, 22%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 13.17, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 24.70, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% 0.0294 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.064 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4809, 38.2717, 62.3696)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0CC #C0CCA0

analogous

#A0AACC #ACA0CC #C2A0CC

triadic

#ACA0CC #CCACA0 #A0CCAC

tetradic

#ACA0CC #CCA0AA #C0CCA0 #A0CCC2

square

#ACA0CC #CCA0AA #C0CCA0 #A0CCC2

split-complementary

#ACA0CC #CCC2A0 #AACCA0

monochromatic

#68549D #8978B7 #ACA0CC #CFC8E1 #EEEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#ACA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0CC

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0CC	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.064 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcdb',
    500: '#aca0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0cc;
$custom-light: #c5bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 30.137,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.06411,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0CC

secondary

#E6EADE

accent

#A93D8B

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0CC

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

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