#ACAEC8#ACAEC8

#ACAEC8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.037 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACAEC8
RGB	rgb(172, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(236, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(236, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, 4.55, -13.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 14.18, 288.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% 0.0077 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.037 282)
XYZ	xyz(42.5723, 43.2124, 60.7303)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACAEC8 #C8C6AC

analogous

#ACBCC8 #ACAEC8 #B8ACC8

triadic

#ACAEC8 #C8ACAE #AEC8AC

tetradic

#ACAEC8 #C8ACBC #C8C6AC #ACC8B8

square

#ACAEC8 #C8ACBC #C8C6AC #ACC8B8

split-complementary

#ACAEC8 #C8B8AC #BCC8AC

monochromatic

#636796 #878AB0 #ACAEC8 #D1D2E0 #EDEDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#ACAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#ACAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACAEC8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACAEC8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AFC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.037 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c6d8',
    500: '#acaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acaec8;
$custom-light: #c5c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.03714,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.43213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACAEC8

secondary

#E9E9E2

accent

#98479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACAEC8

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

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