#ACA3BD#ACA3BD

#ACA3BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.038 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA3BD
RGB	rgb(172, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(261, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(261, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 8.30, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 14.73, 304.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0199 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.038 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2940, 38.6391, 53.5222)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA3BD #B4BDA3

analogous

#A3A7BD #ACA3BD #B9A3BD

triadic

#ACA3BD #BDACA3 #A3BDAC

tetradic

#ACA3BD #BDA3A7 #B4BDA3 #A3BDB9

square

#ACA3BD #BDA3A7 #B4BDA3 #A3BDB9

split-complementary

#ACA3BD #BDB9A3 #A7BDA3

monochromatic

#6D6086 #8C7FA3 #ACA3BD #CCC7D7 #ECEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#ACA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#ACA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA3BD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA3BD	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.038 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bed0',
    500: '#aca3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca3bd;
$custom-light: #c4bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73148,
    "c": 0.03834,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA3BD

secondary

#DFE2DA

accent

#9B4B7F

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA3BD

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

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