#ACA0E2#ACA0E2

#ACA0E2 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0E2
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 29%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 18.19, -31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 36.60, 299.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% 0.0359 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.095 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3083, 39.4027, 77.2605)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0E2 #D6E2A0

analogous

#A0B5E2 #ACA0E2 #CDA0E2

triadic

#ACA0E2 #E2ACA0 #A0E2AC

tetradic

#ACA0E2 #E2A0B5 #D6E2A0 #A0E2CD

square

#ACA0E2 #E2A0B5 #D6E2A0 #A0E2CD

split-complementary

#ACA0E2 #E2CDA0 #B5E2A0

monochromatic

#5A42C5 #8371D4 #ACA0E2 #D5CFF0 #EBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACA0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0E2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0E2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1ABB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bceb',
    500: '#aca0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0e2;
$custom-light: #c5bceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.0948,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0E2

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C125A4

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0E2

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

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