#ACA0FF

sRGB: 172 / 160 / 255

Radiant blossoms pierce eternal darkness
Sacred blossoms fade beyond remembrance
Celestial symphonies echo beyond eternity

#ACA0FF belongs to the blue family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 172 red, 160 green and 255 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 247.6° lands in the blue region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 81.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (9.23:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 172, 160, 255
HSL: 247.58°, 100.00%, 81.37%
HSV / HSB: 247.58°, 37.25%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 32.55%, 37.25%, 0.00%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.631, 41.132, 100.041
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 70.268, 25.306, -45.681
WCAG relative luminance: 0.41132
24-bit decimal: 11313407

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #ACA0FF in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 9.23:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.28:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#F3FFA0 sits half a turn (180°) from #ACA0FF on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#ACA0FF #F3FFA0

Analogous

#A0C4FF and #DBA0FF sit 30° to either side of #ACA0FF. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A0C4FF #ACA0FF #DBA0FF

Triadic

#ACA0FF, #FFACA0 and #A0FFAC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ACA0FF #FFACA0 #A0FFAC

Split complementary

Start at #ACA0FF and look across the wheel. #FFDBA0 and #C4FFA0 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ACA0FF #FFDBA0 #C4FFA0

Square

Starting with #ACA0FF, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #FFA0C4, #F3FFA0, then #A0FFDB. Across the square, #ACA0FF pairs with #F3FFA0, and #FFA0C4 with #A0FFDB.

#ACA0FF #FFA0C4 #F3FFA0 #A0FFDB

Tetradic

#ACA0FF and #F3FFA0 are opposites, as are #FFA0F3 and #A0FFAC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ACA0FF #FFA0F3 #F3FFA0 #A0FFAC

Tints

Mixing #ACA0FF with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB3FF, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEECFF, the mixture is 80% white.

#ACA0FF #BDB3FF #CDC6FF #DED9FF #EEECFF #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ACA0FF with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A80CC, keeps 80% of the original. By #222033, the mixture is 80% black.

#ACA0FF #8A80CC #676099 #454066 #222033 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ACA0FF with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A39AE6, keeps 80% of the original. By #898699, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ACA0FF #A39AE6 #9A93CC #928DB3 #898699 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#ACA0FF

RGB

rgb(172 160 255)

HSL

hsl(247.579 100.000% 81.373%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ACA0FF;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ACA0FF uses 172 red, 160 green and 255 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.5%

Green 62.7%

Blue 100.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ACA0FF is 32.5% cyan, 37.3% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 32.5%

Magenta 37.3%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AA99FF. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #A9F in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ACA0FF when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999FF, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AA99FF Nearest web-safe: #9999FF

Gradient to complement

#ACA0FF #B8B0EF #C4C0DF #D0D0D0 #DBDFC0 #E7EFB0 #F3FFA0

Color vision previews

Compare how #ACA0FF appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#83AEFF

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#83AAFD

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#98B2C4

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#93A9FF

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#91A7FE

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A7A6EC

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#ACACAC

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#ACA6DB

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.41254 G 0.35153 B 1.00000

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.66647 G 0.62909 B 0.97452

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.40171 G 0.35356 B 0.94302

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.252 y 0.218 Y 41.132

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 32.549 M % 37.255 Y % 0.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10101100 10100000 11111111