#ACA9BB#ACA9BB

#ACA9BB is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.026 H 293.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA9BB
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 187)
HSL	hsl(250, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(250, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, 4.58, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 9.94, 297.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0103 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.026 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1691, 40.7343, 52.7504)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA9BB #B8BBA9

analogous

#A9AFBB #ACA9BB #B5A9BB

triadic

#ACA9BB #BBACA9 #A9BBAC

tetradic

#ACA9BB #BBA9AF #B8BBA9 #A9BBB5

square

#ACA9BB #BBA9AF #B8BBA9 #A9BBB5

split-complementary

#ACA9BB #BBB5A9 #AFBBA9

monochromatic

#6C6782 #8B87A0 #ACA9BB #CDCBD6 #EEEDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#ACA9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#ACA9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA9BB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA9BB	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.026 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2cf',
    500: '#aca9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca9bb;
$custom-light: #c4c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74298,
    "c": 0.0258,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA9BB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#96508A

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA9BB

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

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