#ACA4B8#ACA4B8

#ACA4B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.030 H 303.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4B8
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 184)
HSL	hsl(264, 12%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(264, 11%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, 6.73, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 11.43, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0166 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.03 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9389, 38.7823, 50.7725)
Luminance	0.3878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4B8 #B0B8A4

analogous

#A4A6B8 #ACA4B8 #B6A4B8

triadic

#ACA4B8 #B8ACA4 #A4B8AC

tetradic

#ACA4B8 #B8A4A6 #B0B8A4 #A4B8B6

square

#ACA4B8 #B8A4A6 #B0B8A4 #A4B8B6

split-complementary

#ACA4B8 #B8B6A4 #A6B8A4

monochromatic

#6E637F #8D829D #ACA4B8 #CBC6D3 #EBE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#ACA4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#ACA4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4B8

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4B8	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.030 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfcd',
    500: '#aca4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4b8;
$custom-light: #c4bfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 12.346,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.02981,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4B8

secondary

#DDDFD9

accent

#964F7A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4B8

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

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