#A8ACC0#A8ACC0

#A8ACC0 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.029 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACC0
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 192)
HSL	hsl(230, 16%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 2.62, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 10.99, 283.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0034 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.029 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4133, 41.6352, 55.7662)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACC0 #C0BCA8

analogous

#A8B8C0 #A8ACC0 #B0A8C0

triadic

#A8ACC0 #C0A8AC #ACC0A8

tetradic

#A8ACC0 #C0A8B8 #C0BCA8 #A8C0B0

square

#A8ACC0 #C0A8B8 #C0BCA8 #A8C0B0

split-complementary

#A8ACC0 #C0B0A8 #B8C0A8

monochromatic

#646A8A #858AA6 #A8ACC0 #CBCEDA #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8ACC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A8ACC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACC0

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACC0	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.029 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d3',
    500: '#a8acc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acc0;
$custom-light: #c2c4d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 16,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74765,
    "c": 0.02899,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACC0

secondary

#E5E4DF

accent

#8D4B9A

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACC0

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

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