#ACA0E0#ACA0E0

#ACA0E0 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 292.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0E0
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 28.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, 17.72, -30.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 35.52, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0354 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.092 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0354, 39.2935, 75.8237)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0E0 #D4E0A0

analogous

#A0B4E0 #ACA0E0 #CCA0E0

triadic

#ACA0E0 #E0ACA0 #A0E0AC

tetradic

#ACA0E0 #E0A0B4 #D4E0A0 #A0E0CC

square

#ACA0E0 #E0A0B4 #D4E0A0 #A0E0CC

split-complementary

#ACA0E0 #E0CCA0 #B4E0A0

monochromatic

#5B44C2 #8472D1 #ACA0E0 #D4CEEF #EBE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA0E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACA0E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0E0

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0E0	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bcea',
    500: '#aca0e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0e0;
$custom-light: #c5bcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.25,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0E0

secondary

#EBEFDC

accent

#BE27A2

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0E0

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

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