#ACA5CD#ACA5CD

#ACA5CD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.058 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5CD
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(251, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, 10.60, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 22.15, 298.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0225 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.058 293)
XYZ	xyz(41.4854, 40.0884, 63.2980)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5CD #C6CDA5

analogous

#A5B2CD #ACA5CD #C0A5CD

triadic

#ACA5CD #CDACA5 #A5CDAC

tetradic

#ACA5CD #CDA5B2 #C6CDA5 #A5CDC0

square

#ACA5CD #CDA5B2 #C6CDA5 #A5CDC0

split-complementary

#ACA5CD #CDC0A5 #B2CDA5

monochromatic

#65589F #887EB7 #ACA5CD #D0CCE3 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#ACA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6ABB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.058 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfdc',
    500: '#aca5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5cd;
$custom-light: #c5bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.5,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74134,
    "c": 0.05754,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.40089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5CD

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#A73E95

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5CD

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

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