#ACA5BE#ACA5BE

#ACA5BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.036 H 298.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5BE
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(257, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 7.40, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 14.01, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% 0.0173 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.036 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7609, 39.3986, 54.2152)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5BE #B7BEA5

analogous

#A5ABBE #ACA5BE #B9A5BE

triadic

#ACA5BE #BEACA5 #A5BEAC

tetradic

#ACA5BE #BEA5AB #B7BEA5 #A5BEB9

square

#ACA5BE #BEA5AB #B7BEA5 #A5BEB9

split-complementary

#ACA5BE #BEB9A5 #ABBEA5

monochromatic

#6C6287 #8B81A4 #ACA5BE #CDC9D8 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#ACA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5BE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.036 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfd1',
    500: '#aca5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5be;
$custom-light: #c4bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.8,
    "s": 16.129,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73587,
    "c": 0.03642,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5BE

secondary

#E1E3DC

accent

#9A4B84

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5BE

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

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