#A8ACC2#A8ACC2

#A8ACC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.032 H 277.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACC2
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 194)
HSL	hsl(231, 18%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 11.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 3.05, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 12.08, 284.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0041 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.032 277.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6364, 41.7245, 56.9412)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACC2 #C2BEA8

analogous

#A8B9C2 #A8ACC2 #B1A8C2

triadic

#A8ACC2 #C2A8AC #ACC2A8

tetradic

#A8ACC2 #C2A8B9 #C2BEA8 #A8C2B1

square

#A8ACC2 #C2A8B9 #C2BEA8 #A8C2B1

split-complementary

#A8ACC2 #C2B1A8 #B9C2A8

monochromatic

#63698D #848AA9 #A8ACC2 #CCCEDB #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A8ACC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#A8ACC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACC2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACC2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.032 277.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d4',
    500: '#a8acc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acc2;
$custom-light: #c2c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 17.568,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.03183,
    "h": 277.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACC2

secondary

#E6E5DF

accent

#8F4A9C

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACC2

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

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