#ACA6B4#ACA6B4

#ACA6B4 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.021 H 305.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6B4
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(266, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 4.82, -6.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 8.03, 306.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0121 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.021 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8863, 39.3384, 48.7156)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6B4 #AEB4A6

analogous

#A6A7B4 #ACA6B4 #B3A6B4

triadic

#ACA6B4 #B4ACA6 #A6B4AC

tetradic

#ACA6B4 #B4A6A7 #AEB4A6 #A6B4B3

square

#ACA6B4 #B4A6A7 #AEB4A6 #A6B4B3

split-complementary

#ACA6B4 #B4B3A6 #A7B4A6

monochromatic

#6E6679 #8D8598 #ACA6B4 #CBC7D0 #EAE8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#ACA6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#ACA6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6B4

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6B4	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A8B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABA8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.021 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0ca',
    500: '#aca6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6b4;
$custom-light: #c4c0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73452,
    "c": 0.02098,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6B4

secondary

#DBDDD9

accent

#935377

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6B4

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

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