#ACA9CD#ACA9CD

#ACA9CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.051 H 288.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACA9CD
RGB	rgb(172, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(245, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(245, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, 8.38, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 19.76, 295.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0167 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.051 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2182, 41.5540, 63.5423)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACA9CD #CACDA9

analogous

#A9B8CD #ACA9CD #BEA9CD

triadic

#ACA9CD #CDACA9 #A9CDAC

tetradic

#ACA9CD #CDA9B8 #CACDA9 #A9CDBE

square

#ACA9CD #CDA9B8 #CACDA9 #A9CDBE

split-complementary

#ACA9CD #CDBEA9 #B8CDA9

monochromatic

#625C9F #8782B6 #ACA9CD #D1D0E3 #ECECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#ACA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#ACA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACA9CD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACA9CD	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)

#A1ADCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aca9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.051 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c2dc',
    500: '#aca9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aca9cd;
$custom-light: #c5c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aca9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.05143,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACA9CD

secondary

#E9EAE1

accent

#A5409D

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F7FB

border

#D1D0D4

text

#131215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACA9CD

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

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