#ACAEBA#ACAEBA

#ACAEBA is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.017 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEBA
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(231, 9%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(231, 8%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, 1.64, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 6.57, 284.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.0025 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.017 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0105, 42.5877, 52.5045)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEBA #BAB8AC

analogous

#ACB5BA #ACAEBA #B1ACBA

triadic

#ACAEBA #BAACAE #AEBAAC

tetradic

#ACAEBA #BAACB5 #BAB8AC #ACBAB1

square

#ACAEBA #BAACB5 #BAB8AC #ACBAB1

split-complementary

#ACAEBA #BAB1AC #B5BAAC

monochromatic

#6B6E81 #8B8D9E #ACAEBA #CDCFD6 #EEEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#ACAEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#ACAEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEBA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEBA	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.017 278.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 9.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.01723,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEBA

secondary

#E3E2DF

accent

#8A5293

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121313

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEBA

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

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