#ACA6BD#ACA6BD

#ACA6BD is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.033 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6BD
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(256, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(256, 12%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, 6.64, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 12.85, 301.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0154 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.033 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8330, 39.7171, 53.7019)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6BD #B7BDA6

analogous

#A6ACBD #ACA6BD #B8A6BD

triadic

#ACA6BD #BDACA6 #A6BDAC

tetradic

#ACA6BD #BDA6AC #B7BDA6 #A6BDB8

square

#ACA6BD #BDA6AC #B7BDA6 #A6BDB8

split-complementary

#ACA6BD #BDB8A6 #ACBDA6

monochromatic

#6C6386 #8B83A3 #ACA6BD #CDC9D7 #EEECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#ACA6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6BD

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6BD	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.033 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0d0',
    500: '#aca6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6bd;
$custom-light: #c4c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 14.839,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73755,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6BD

secondary

#E1E3DC

accent

#994C85

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6BD

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

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