#ACA8BC#ACA8BC

#ACA8BC is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.029 H 294.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8BC
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(252, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(252, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, 5.33, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 11.09, 298.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% 0.0121 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.029 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0912, 40.4066, 53.2543)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8BC #B8BCA8

analogous

#A8AEBC #ACA8BC #B6A8BC

triadic

#ACA8BC #BCACA8 #A8BCAC

tetradic

#ACA8BC #BCA8AE #B8BCA8 #A8BCB6

square

#ACA8BC #BCA8AE #B8BCA8 #A8BCB6

split-complementary

#ACA8BC #BCB6A8 #AEBCA8

monochromatic

#6C6684 #8B85A1 #ACA8BC #CDCBD7 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACA8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#ACA8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8BC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8BC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.029 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d0',
    500: '#aca8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8bc;
$custom-light: #c4c1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 12.987,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74128,
    "c": 0.02879,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8BC

secondary

#E2E3DD

accent

#974E89

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8BC

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

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