#ACA8BA#ACA8BA

#ACA8BA is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.026 H 295.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8BA
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, 4.92, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 10.00, 299.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0114 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.026 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8771, 40.3210, 52.1267)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8BA #B6BAA8

analogous

#A8ADBA #ACA8BA #B5A8BA

triadic

#ACA8BA #BAACA8 #A8BAAC

tetradic

#ACA8BA #BAA8AD #B6BAA8 #A8BAB5

square

#ACA8BA #BAA8AD #B6BAA8 #A8BAB5

split-complementary

#ACA8BA #BAB5A8 #ADBAA8

monochromatic

#6C6681 #8B869F #ACA8BA #CDCAD5 #EDECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#ACA8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#ACA8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8BA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8BA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.026 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1ce',
    500: '#aca8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8ba;
$custom-light: #c4c1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 11.538,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7406,
    "c": 0.02597,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8BA

secondary

#E0E1DC

accent

#965086

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8BA

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

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