#ACA9BE#ACA9BE

#ACA9BE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.030 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA9BE
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(249, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(249, 11%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 5.19, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 11.57, 296.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% 0.0114 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.03 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4936, 40.8641, 54.4594)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA9BE #BBBEA9

analogous

#A9B0BE #ACA9BE #B6A9BE

triadic

#ACA9BE #BEACA9 #A9BEAC

tetradic

#ACA9BE #BEA9B0 #BBBEA9 #A9BEB6

square

#ACA9BE #BEA9B0 #BBBEA9 #A9BEB6

split-complementary

#ACA9BE #BEB6A9 #B0BEA9

monochromatic

#6B6687 #8A86A4 #ACA9BE #CECCD8 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#ACA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#ACA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA9BE

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA9BE	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9ACB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.030 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2d1',
    500: '#aca9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca9be;
$custom-light: #c4c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 13.907,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.744,
    "c": 0.03006,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA9BE

secondary

#E3E4DF

accent

#984D8D

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F8F7F9

border

#D1D0D2

text

#121214

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA9BE

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

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