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#aca5eb

a light, vivid blue · warm · closest name: plum

RGB
172, 165, 235
HSL
246°, 64%, 78%
CMYK
27, 30, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4168

Every format

HEX#aca5eb
RGBrgb(172, 165, 235)
HSLhsl(246, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 30%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(70.7 17.5 -34.2)
LCHlch(70.7 38.4 297.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.754 0.100 288.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aca5eb;
background-color: #aca5eb;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aca5eb] bg-[#aca5eb]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aca5eb;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.675, green: 0.647, blue: 0.922)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aca5eb")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aca5eb on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aca5eb on black: 9.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red67.5%
Green64.7%
Blue92.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan26.8%
Magenta29.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.8%

Color previews

#aca5eb text on a black background

contrast 9.34:1

Card sample

#aca5eb text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aca5eb;
Background color
Panel with #aca5eb background
background-color: #aca5eb;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aca5eb;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(172, 165, 235, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(172, 165, 235, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aca5eb;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aca5eb, #DBA5EB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aca5eb

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aca5eb in the Color Lab