#ACA9BC#ACA9BC

#ACA9BC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.027 H 293.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA9BC
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 188)
HSL	hsl(249, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 10.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 4.78, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 10.48, 297.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% 0.0106 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.027 293)
XYZ	xyz(40.2766, 40.7773, 53.3161)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA9BC #B9BCA9

analogous

#A9AFBC #ACA9BC #B6A9BC

triadic

#ACA9BC #BCACA9 #A9BCAC

tetradic

#ACA9BC #BCA9AF #B9BCA9 #A9BCB6

square

#ACA9BC #BCA9AF #B9BCA9 #A9BCB6

split-complementary

#ACA9BC #BCB6A9 #AFBCA9

monochromatic

#6B6784 #8B87A1 #ACA9BC #CDCBD7 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACA9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#ACA9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA9BC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA9BC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.027 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2d0',
    500: '#aca9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca9bc;
$custom-light: #c4c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.474,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.02722,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.40777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA9BC

secondary

#E2E3DE

accent

#974F8B

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA9BC

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

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