#ACA8BB#ACA8BB

#ACA8BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.027 H 295.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8BB
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(253, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(253, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, 5.13, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 10.54, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% 0.0117 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.027 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9838, 40.3637, 52.6886)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8BB #B7BBA8

analogous

#A8AEBB #ACA8BB #B6A8BB

triadic

#ACA8BB #BBACA8 #A8BBAC

tetradic

#ACA8BB #BBA8AE #B7BBA8 #A8BBB6

square

#ACA8BB #BBA8AE #B7BBA8 #A8BBB6

split-complementary

#ACA8BB #BBB6A8 #AEBBA8

monochromatic

#6C6683 #8B86A0 #ACA8BB #CDCAD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#ACA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8BB

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8BB	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.027 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1cf',
    500: '#aca8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8bb;
$custom-light: #c4c1cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 12.258,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74094,
    "c": 0.02737,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8BB

secondary

#E1E2DD

accent

#964F87

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8BB

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

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