#ACA4BE#ACA4BE

#ACA4BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.038 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA4BE
RGB	rgb(172, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(258, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 14%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 7.95, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 14.64, 302.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% 0.0188 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.038 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5812, 39.0392, 54.1553)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA4BE #B6BEA4

analogous

#A4A9BE #ACA4BE #B9A4BE

triadic

#ACA4BE #BEACA4 #A4BEAC

tetradic

#ACA4BE #BEA4A9 #B6BEA4 #A4BEB9

square

#ACA4BE #BEA4A9 #B6BEA4 #A4BEB9

split-complementary

#ACA4BE #BEB9A4 #A9BEA4

monochromatic

#6C6187 #8B80A5 #ACA4BE #CDC8D8 #EDEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#ACA4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#ACA4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA4BE

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA4BE	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.038 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd1',
    500: '#aca4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca4be;
$custom-light: #c4bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73385,
    "c": 0.03807,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA4BE

secondary

#E0E3DB

accent

#9B4B82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F6F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA4BE

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

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