#ACA0E4#ACA0E4

#ACA0E4 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.098 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0E4
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 228)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(251, 30%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 29.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 18.67, -32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 37.68, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% 0.0365 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.098 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5843, 39.5131, 78.7143)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0E4 #D8E4A0

analogous

#A0B6E4 #ACA0E4 #CEA0E4

triadic

#ACA0E4 #E4ACA0 #A0E4AC

tetradic

#ACA0E4 #E4A0B6 #D8E4A0 #A0E4CE

square

#ACA0E4 #E4A0B6 #D8E4A0 #A0E4CE

split-complementary

#ACA0E4 #E4CEA0 #B6E4A0

monochromatic

#5941C9 #8270D6 #ACA0E4 #D6D0F2 #EAE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA0E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACA0E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0E4

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0E4	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ABB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.098 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcec',
    500: '#aca0e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0e4;
$custom-light: #c6bcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0E4

secondary

#ECEFDC

accent

#C322A7

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0E4

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

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