#ACA8BE#ACA8BE

#ACA8BE is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.032 H 294.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8BE
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(251, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 5.74, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 12.17, 298.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0128 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.032 294)
XYZ	xyz(40.3083, 40.4935, 54.3977)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8BE #BABEA8

analogous

#A8AFBE #ACA8BE #B7A8BE

triadic

#ACA8BE #BEACA8 #A8BEAC

tetradic

#ACA8BE #BEA8AF #BABEA8 #A8BEB7

square

#ACA8BE #BEA8AF #BABEA8 #A8BEB7

split-complementary

#ACA8BE #BEB7A8 #AFBEA8

monochromatic

#6B6587 #8B85A4 #ACA8BE #CDCBD8 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#ACA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8BE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8BE	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.032 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d1',
    500: '#aca8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8be;
$custom-light: #c4c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 14.474,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.40494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8BE

secondary

#E3E4DE

accent

#994D8B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8BE

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

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