#A7ACED#A7ACED

#A7ACED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.093 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7ACED
RGB	rgb(167, 172, 237)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(236, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 12.66, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 35.39, 290.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.017 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.093 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9708, 43.8337, 86.1430)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7ACED #EDE8A7

analogous

#A7CFED #A7ACED #C5A7ED

triadic

#A7ACED #EDA7AC #ACEDA7

tetradic

#A7ACED #EDA7CF #EDE8A7 #A7EDC5

square

#A7ACED #EDA7CF #EDE8A7 #A7EDC5

split-complementary

#A7ACED #EDC5A7 #CFEDA7

monochromatic

#414CD8 #747CE3 #A7ACED #DADCF7 #E6E7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A7ACED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A7ACED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7ACED

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7ACED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7ACED	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95B8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7aced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 172, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.093 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4f3',
    500: '#a7aced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7aced;
$custom-light: #c2c4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7aced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76433,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7ACED

secondary

#F1F0DA

accent

#C118CE

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121217

muted

#818185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7ACED

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

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