#ACA6B8#ACA6B8

#ACA6B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.026 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6B8
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 184)
HSL	hsl(260, 11%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(260, 10%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 5.62, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 10.16, 303.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.0136 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.026 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2996, 39.5038, 50.8927)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6B8 #B2B8A6

analogous

#A6A9B8 #ACA6B8 #B5A6B8

triadic

#ACA6B8 #B8ACA6 #A6B8AC

tetradic

#ACA6B8 #B8A6A9 #B2B8A6 #A6B8B5

square

#ACA6B8 #B8A6A9 #B2B8A6 #A6B8B5

split-complementary

#ACA6B8 #B8B5A6 #A9B8A6

monochromatic

#6E657F #8C849D #ACA6B8 #CCC8D3 #EBEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#ACA6B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#ACA6B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6B8

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6B8	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAA8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.026 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0cd',
    500: '#aca6b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6b8;
$custom-light: #c4c0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 11.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73585,
    "c": 0.02643,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6B8

secondary

#DEE0DA

accent

#95507E

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6B8

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

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