#ACA4BD#ACA4BD

#ACA4BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.037 H 300.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4BD
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(259, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(259, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 7.75, -11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 14.10, 303.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0184 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.037 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4723, 38.9957, 53.5817)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4BD #B5BDA4

analogous

#A4A9BD #ACA4BD #B9A4BD

triadic

#ACA4BD #BDACA4 #A4BDAC

tetradic

#ACA4BD #BDA4A9 #B5BDA4 #A4BDB9

square

#ACA4BD #BDA4A9 #B5BDA4 #A4BDB9

split-complementary

#ACA4BD #BDB9A4 #A9BDA4

monochromatic

#6D6186 #8C81A3 #ACA4BD #CCC7D7 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ACA4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#ACA4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4BD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4BD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.037 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd0',
    500: '#aca4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4bd;
$custom-light: #c4bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.2,
    "s": 15.924,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7335,
    "c": 0.03667,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4BD

secondary

#E0E2DB

accent

#9A4B81

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4BD

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

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