#ACA6BE#ACA6BE

#ACA6BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.035 H 297.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA6BE
RGB	rgb(172, 166, 190)
HSL	hsl(255, 16%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(255, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 12.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 6.85, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 13.39, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0158 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.035 297)
XYZ	xyz(39.9419, 39.7607, 54.2755)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA6BE #B8BEA6

analogous

#A6ACBE #ACA6BE #B8A6BE

triadic

#ACA6BE #BEACA6 #A6BEAC

tetradic

#ACA6BE #BEA6AC #B8BEA6 #A6BEB8

square

#ACA6BE #BEA6AC #B8BEA6 #A6BEB8

split-complementary

#ACA6BE #BEB8A6 #ACBEA6

monochromatic

#6C6387 #8B83A4 #ACA6BE #CDC9D8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#ACA6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#ACA6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA6BE

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA6BE	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9A9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 166, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.035 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c0d1',
    500: '#aca6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca6be;
$custom-light: #c4c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 15.584,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7379,
    "c": 0.0348,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.39761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA6BE

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#9A4C86

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA6BE

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

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