#ACA8BF#ACA8BF

#ACA8BF is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.033 H 293.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA8BF
RGB	rgb(172, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 12%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.9%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, 5.95, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 12.72, 297.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% 0.0132 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.033 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4180, 40.5373, 54.9753)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA8BF #BBBFA8

analogous

#A8AFBF #ACA8BF #B7A8BF

triadic

#ACA8BF #BFACA8 #A8BFAC

tetradic

#ACA8BF #BFA8AF #BBBFA8 #A8BFB7

square

#ACA8BF #BFA8AF #BBBFA8 #A8BFB7

split-complementary

#ACA8BF #BFB7A8 #AFBFA8

monochromatic

#6B6488 #8A85A5 #ACA8BF #CECBD9 #EEEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#ACA8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#ACA8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA8BF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA8BF	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ABC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ABAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.033 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1d2',
    500: '#aca8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca8bf;
$custom-light: #c4c1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74231,
    "c": 0.03302,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA8BF

secondary

#E3E5DE

accent

#994C8C

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA8BF

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

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