#ACAEB9#ACAEB9

#ACAEB9 is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.016 H 277.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEB9
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 185)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 7%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 5.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 1.44, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 6.03, 283.82°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0021 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.016 277.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9045, 42.5453, 51.9466)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEB9 #B9B7AC

analogous

#ACB5B9 #ACAEB9 #B0ACB9

triadic

#ACAEB9 #B9ACAE #AEB9AC

tetradic

#ACAEB9 #B9ACB5 #B9B7AC #ACB9B0

square

#ACAEB9 #B9ACB5 #B9B7AC #ACB9B0

split-complementary

#ACAEB9 #B9B0AC #B5B9AC

monochromatic

#6B6E7F #8B8E9D #ACAEB9 #CDCED5 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ACAEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#ACAEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEB9

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEB9	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.016 277.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6ce',
    500: '#acaeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaeb9;
$custom-light: #c4c6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 8.497,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75263,
    "c": 0.01582,
    "h": 277.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEB9

secondary

#E2E2DF

accent

#895392

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEB9

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

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