#ACA2BB

sRGB: 172 / 162 / 187

Radiant blossoms pierce eternal darkness
Sacred blossoms tremble in empty gardens
Eternal flames defy the passing ages

#ACA2BB belongs to the violet family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 172 red, 162 green and 187 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 264.0° lands in the violet region. Its 15.5% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 68.4% 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 (8.64:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 172, 162, 187
HSL: 264.00°, 15.53%, 68.43%
HSV / HSB: 264.00°, 13.37%, 73.33%
CMYK (approx.): 8.02%, 13.37%, 0.00%, 26.67%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.901, 38.199, 52.339
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 68.167, 8.444, -11.543
WCAG relative luminance: 0.38199
24-bit decimal: 11313851

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 #ACA2BB 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: 8.64:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.43:1

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

#B1BBA2 sits half a turn (180°) from #ACA2BB 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.

#ACA2BB #B1BBA2

Analogous

#A2A4BB and #B9A2BB sit 30° to either side of #ACA2BB. 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.

#A2A4BB #ACA2BB #B9A2BB

Triadic

#ACA2BB, #BBACA2 and #A2BBAC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#ACA2BB #BBACA2 #A2BBAC

Split complementary

Start at #ACA2BB and look across the wheel. #BBB9A2 and #A4BBA2 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#ACA2BB #BBB9A2 #A4BBA2

Square

Starting with #ACA2BB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #BBA2A4, #B1BBA2, then #A2BBB9. Across the square, #ACA2BB pairs with #B1BBA2, and #BBA2A4 with #A2BBB9.

#ACA2BB #BBA2A4 #B1BBA2 #A2BBB9

Tetradic

#ACA2BB and #B1BBA2 are opposites, as are #BBA2B1 and #A2BBAC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#ACA2BB #BBA2B1 #B1BBA2 #A2BBAC

Tints

Mixing #ACA2BB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB5C9, keeps 80% of the original. By #EEECF1, the mixture is 80% white.

#ACA2BB #BDB5C9 #CDC7D6 #DEDAE4 #EEECF1 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #ACA2BB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8A8296, keeps 80% of the original. By #222025, the mixture is 80% black.

#ACA2BB #8A8296 #676170 #45414B #222025 #000000

Tones

Mixing #ACA2BB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A39BAF, keeps 80% of the original. By #89878C, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#ACA2BB #A39BAF #9A94A3 #928E98 #89878C #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

#ACA2BB

RGB

rgb(172 162 187)

HSL

hsl(264.000 15.528% 68.431%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #ACA2BB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#ACA2BB uses 172 red, 162 green and 187 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 67.5%

Green 63.5%

Blue 73.3%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #ACA2BB is 8.0% cyan, 13.4% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 26.7% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 8.0%

Magenta 13.4%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 26.7%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #AAAABB. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #AAB in CSS. For a modern design, keep #ACA2BB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #9999CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #AAAABB Nearest web-safe: #9999CC

Gradient to complement

#ACA2BB #ADA6B7 #AEAAB3 #AFAFAF #AFB3AA #B0B7A6 #B1BBA2

Color vision previews

Compare how #ACA2BB 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.

#9EA6BC

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.

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia

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

#AAA5AA

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.

#A3A5BB

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.

#A3A5BB

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#ABA3B5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#A6A6A6

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.

#A9A4B1

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 0.36131 B 0.49693

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 0.66776 G 0.63665 B 0.72584

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.40345 G 0.36301 B 0.48567

CIE xyY

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

x 0.301 y 0.295 Y 38.199

CMY

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

C % 32.549 M % 36.471 Y % 26.667

Binary RGB

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

10101100 10100010 10111011