#ACA5BC#ACA5BC

#ACA5BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.034 H 299.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5BC
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(258, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(258, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 6.99, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 12.94, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0165 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.034 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5438, 39.3117, 53.0719)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5BC #B5BCA5

analogous

#A5AABC #ACA5BC #B8A5BC

triadic

#ACA5BC #BCACA5 #A5BCAC

tetradic

#ACA5BC #BCA5AA #B5BCA5 #A5BCB8

square

#ACA5BC #BCA5AA #B5BCA5 #A5BCB8

split-complementary

#ACA5BC #BCB8A5 #AABCA5

monochromatic

#6D6284 #8C82A2 #ACA5BC #CCC8D6 #EDEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#ACA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.034 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd0',
    500: '#aca5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5bc;
$custom-light: #c4bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.261,
    "s": 14.65,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73517,
    "c": 0.03364,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5BC

secondary

#E0E2DB

accent

#994D82

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5BC

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

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