#A8ACC4#A8ACC4

#A8ACC4 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.035 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8ACC4
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(231, 19%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 3.48, -12.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 13.16, 285.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% 0.0049 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.035 278)
XYZ	xyz(40.8626, 41.8149, 58.1321)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8ACC4 #C4C0A8

analogous

#A8BAC4 #A8ACC4 #B2A8C4

triadic

#A8ACC4 #C4A8AC #ACC4A8

tetradic

#A8ACC4 #C4A8BA #C4C0A8 #A8C4B2

square

#A8ACC4 #C4A8BA #C4C0A8 #A8C4B2

split-complementary

#A8ACC4 #C4B2A8 #BAC4A8

monochromatic

#626890 #8489AB #A8ACC4 #CCCFDD #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A8ACC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#A8ACC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8ACC4

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8ACC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8ACC4	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.035 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d5',
    500: '#a8acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8acc4;
$custom-light: #c2c4d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 19.178,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74903,
    "c": 0.03467,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.41815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8ACC4

secondary

#E8E6E0

accent

#91489E

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8ACC4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →