#ACA8B6#ACA8B6

#ACA8B6 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.020 H 298.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8B6
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 182)
HSL	hsl(257, 9%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(257, 8%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 4.12, -6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 7.84, 301.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0099 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.02 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4579, 40.1533, 49.9185)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8B6 #B2B6A8

analogous

#A8ABB6 #ACA8B6 #B3A8B6

triadic

#ACA8B6 #B6ACA8 #A8B6AC

tetradic

#ACA8B6 #B6A8AB #B2B6A8 #A8B6B3

square

#ACA8B6 #B6A8AB #B2B6A8 #A8B6B3

split-complementary

#ACA8B6 #B6B3A8 #ABB6A8

monochromatic

#6E687C #8C879A #ACA8B6 #CCC9D2 #EBEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#ACA8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#ACA8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8B6

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8B6	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)

#A6AAB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.020 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1cb',
    500: '#aca8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8b6;
$custom-light: #c4c1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 8.75,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73928,
    "c": 0.02036,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8B6

secondary

#DEDFDB

accent

#935380

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F8

border

#D1D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8B6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →