#ACAEBE#ACAEBE

#ACAEBE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.023 H 280.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEBE
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(233, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(233, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, 2.45, -8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 8.74, 286.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.004 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.023 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4417, 42.7602, 54.7755)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEBE #BEBCAC

analogous

#ACB7BE #ACAEBE #B3ACBE

triadic

#ACAEBE #BEACAE #AEBEAC

tetradic

#ACAEBE #BEACB7 #BEBCAC #ACBEB3

square

#ACAEBE #BEACB7 #BEBCAC #ACBEB3

split-complementary

#ACAEBE #BEB3AC #B7BEAC

monochromatic

#696C86 #8A8DA3 #ACAEBE #CECFD9 #EEEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#ACAEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#ACAEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEBE

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEBE	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.023 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6d1',
    500: '#acaebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaebe;
$custom-light: #c4c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.0229,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEBE

secondary

#E5E5E1

accent

#8E4F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F8F9

border

#D1D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEBE

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

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