#ACA8B8#ACA8B8

#ACA8B8 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.023 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8B8
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 184)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(255, 9%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 8.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, 4.52, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 8.92, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% 0.0106 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.023 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6660, 40.2365, 51.0148)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8B8 #B4B8A8

analogous

#A8ACB8 #ACA8B8 #B4A8B8

triadic

#ACA8B8 #B8ACA8 #A8B8AC

tetradic

#ACA8B8 #B8A8AC #B4B8A8 #A8B8B4

square

#ACA8B8 #B8A8AC #B4B8A8 #A8B8B4

split-complementary

#ACA8B8 #B8B4A8 #ACB8A8

monochromatic

#6D677E #8C869D #ACA8B8 #CCCAD4 #ECEBEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ACA8B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#ACA8B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8B8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8B8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAAAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.023 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1cd',
    500: '#aca8b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8b8;
$custom-light: #c4c1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 10.127,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.02315,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8B8

secondary

#DFE0DC

accent

#945183

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8B8

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

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