#ACA0DD#ACA0DD

#ACA0DD is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.088 H 293.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0DD
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(252, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(252, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 17.02, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 33.90, 300.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0345 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.088 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.6322, 39.1322, 73.6998)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0DD #D1DDA0

analogous

#A0B3DD #ACA0DD #CBA0DD

triadic

#ACA0DD #DDACA0 #A0DDAC

tetradic

#ACA0DD #DDA0B3 #D1DDA0 #A0DDCB

square

#ACA0DD #DDA0B3 #D1DDA0 #A0DDCB

split-complementary

#ACA0DD #DDCBA0 #B3DDA0

monochromatic

#5D46BD #8573CD #ACA0DD #D3CDED #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACA0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#ACA0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0DD

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0DD	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A9E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2AAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.088 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bce7',
    500: '#aca0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0dd;
$custom-light: #c5bce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73796,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0DD

secondary

#EBEEDD

accent

#BB2B9E

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FC

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0DD

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

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