#ACA2BD#ACA2BD

#ACA2BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.040 H 302.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA2BD
RGB	rgb(172, 162, 189)
HSL	hsl(262, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(262, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 14.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, 8.86, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 15.37, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.0214 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.04 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1172, 38.2854, 53.4633)
Luminance	0.3829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA2BD #B3BDA2

analogous

#A2A6BD #ACA2BD #BAA2BD

triadic

#ACA2BD #BDACA2 #A2BDAC

tetradic

#ACA2BD #BDA2A6 #B3BDA2 #A2BDBA

square

#ACA2BD #BDA2A6 #B3BDA2 #A2BDBA

split-complementary

#ACA2BD #BDBAA2 #A6BDA2

monochromatic

#6D5F86 #8C7EA4 #ACA2BD #CCC6D6 #ECEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#ACA2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#ACA2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA2BD

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA2BD	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 162, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.040 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bdd0',
    500: '#aca2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca2bd;
$custom-light: #c4bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72946,
    "c": 0.04003,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA2BD

secondary

#DEE1D9

accent

#9B4A7D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA2BD

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

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