#A9ACE5#A9ACE5

#A9ACE5 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.082 H 281.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ACE5
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 229)
HSL	hsl(237, 54%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(237, 26%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 24.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 11.30, -28.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 31.06, 291.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0169 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.082 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2539, 43.5962, 80.1442)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ACE5 #E5E2A9

analogous

#A9CAE5 #A9ACE5 #C4A9E5

triadic

#A9ACE5 #E5A9AC #ACE5A9

tetradic

#A9ACE5 #E5A9CA #E5E2A9 #A9E5C4

square

#A9ACE5 #E5A9CA #E5E2A9 #A9E5C4

split-complementary

#A9ACE5 #E5C4A9 #CAE5A9

monochromatic

#4B51C9 #7A7FD7 #A9ACE5 #D8D9F3 #E8E8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A9ACE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#A9ACE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ACE5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ACE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ACE5	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB2E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BB6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ace5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.082 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4ed',
    500: '#a9ace5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ace5;
$custom-light: #c3c4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ace5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ACE5

secondary

#EFEEDC

accent

#B924C1

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ACE5

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

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