#A6ACE5#A6ACE5

#A6ACE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.082 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6ACE5
RGB	rgb(166, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(234, 55%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 10.42, -29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 31.08, 289.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% 0.0137 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.082 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6175, 43.2680, 80.1143)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6ACE5 #E5DFA6

analogous

#A6CBE5 #A6ACE5 #C0A6E5

triadic

#A6ACE5 #E5A6AC #ACE5A6

tetradic

#A6ACE5 #E5A6CB #E5DFA6 #A6E5C0

square

#A6ACE5 #E5A6CB #E5DFA6 #A6E5C0

split-complementary

#A6ACE5 #E5C0A6 #CBE5A6

monochromatic

#4754C9 #7780D7 #A6ACE5 #D5D8F3 #E7E9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#A6ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#A6ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6ACE5

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6ACE5	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99AEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96B6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.082 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1c4ed',
    500: '#a6ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6ace5;
$custom-light: #c1c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76018,
    "c": 0.08196,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6ACE5

secondary

#EFEDDC

accent

#B323C2

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121216

muted

#818184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6ACE5

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

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