#ACA5CE#ACA5CE

#ACA5CE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.059 H 292.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA5CE
RGB	rgb(172, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(250, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(250, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, 10.82, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 22.70, 298.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0228 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.059 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6065, 40.1368, 63.9357)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA5CE #C7CEA5

analogous

#A5B2CE #ACA5CE #C0A5CE

triadic

#ACA5CE #CEACA5 #A5CEAC

tetradic

#ACA5CE #CEA5B2 #C7CEA5 #A5CEC0

square

#ACA5CE #CEA5B2 #C7CEA5 #A5CEC0

split-complementary

#ACA5CE #CEC0A5 #B2CEA5

monochromatic

#6458A1 #877DB8 #ACA5CE #D1CDE4 #EDEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#ACA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA5CE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA5CE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5ABB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.059 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bfdd',
    500: '#aca5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca5ce;
$custom-light: #c5bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.244,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.05895,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA5CE

secondary

#E9EBE0

accent

#A83D96

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA5CE

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

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