#ACA0E6#ACA0E6

#ACA0E6 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.100 H 291.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA0E6
RGB	rgb(172, 160, 230)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(250, 30%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 19.14, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 38.77, 299.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% 0.037 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.1 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8635, 39.6248, 80.1850)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA0E6 #DAE6A0

analogous

#A0B7E6 #ACA0E6 #CFA0E6

triadic

#ACA0E6 #E6ACA0 #A0E6AC

tetradic

#ACA0E6 #E6A0B7 #DAE6A0 #A0E6CF

square

#ACA0E6 #E6A0B7 #DAE6A0 #A0E6CF

split-complementary

#ACA0E6 #E6CFA0 #B7E6A0

monochromatic

#573FCD #8270D9 #ACA0E6 #D6D0F3 #EAE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#ACA0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA0E6

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA0E6	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0ACB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 160, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.100 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bcee',
    500: '#aca0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca0e6;
$custom-light: #c6bcee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA0E6

secondary

#ECF0DB

accent

#C620A9

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA0E6

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

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