#A0ACED#A0ACED

#A0ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.094 H 275.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0ACED
RGB	rgb(160, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(231, 68%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 10.68, -33.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 35.51, 287.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% 0.0096 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.094 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5315, 43.0915, 86.0755)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0ACED #EDE1A0

analogous

#A0D3ED #A0ACED #BAA0ED

triadic

#A0ACED #EDA0AC #ACEDA0

tetradic

#A0ACED #EDA0D3 #EDE1A0 #A0EDBA

square

#A0ACED #EDA0D3 #EDE1A0 #A0EDBA

split-complementary

#A0ACED #EDBAA0 #D3EDA0

monochromatic

#3952DA #6D7FE3 #A0ACED #D3D9F7 #E5E9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A0ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#A0ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0ACED

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0ACED	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93ADEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.094 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec4f3',
    500: '#a0aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0aced;
$custom-light: #bec4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.649,
    "s": 68.142,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7592,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0ACED

secondary

#F2EED9

accent

#B315D0

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F7F8FD

border

#D0D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0ACED

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

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