#A9ACBB#A9ACBB

#A9ACBB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.022 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ACBB
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 187)
HSL	hsl(230, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(230, 10%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, 1.92, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 8.25, 283.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% 0.0026 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.022 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0825, 41.5276, 52.9080)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ACBB #BBB8A9

analogous

#A9B5BB #A9ACBB #AFA9BB

triadic

#A9ACBB #BBA9AC #ACBBA9

tetradic

#A9ACBB #BBA9B5 #BBB8A9 #A9BBAF

square

#A9ACBB #BBA9B5 #BBB8A9 #A9BBAF

split-complementary

#A9ACBB #BBAFA9 #B5BBA9

monochromatic

#676C82 #878BA0 #A9ACBB #CBCDD6 #EDEEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A9ACBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#A9ACBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ACBB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ACBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ACBB	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9acbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.022 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4cf',
    500: '#a9acbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9acbb;
$custom-light: #c2c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9acbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74675,
    "c": 0.02171,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ACBB

secondary

#E2E2DD

accent

#8A5096

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ACBB

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

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