#ACB2C8#ACB2C8

#ACB2C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.032 H 273.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB2C8
RGB	rgb(172, 178, 200)
HSL	hsl(227, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 11%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, 2.36, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 12.09, 281.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.002 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.032 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3566, 44.7810, 60.9918)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB2C8 #C8C2AC

analogous

#ACC0C8 #ACB2C8 #B4ACC8

triadic

#ACB2C8 #C8ACB2 #B2C8AC

tetradic

#ACB2C8 #C8ACC0 #C8C2AC #ACC8B4

square

#ACB2C8 #C8ACC0 #C8C2AC #ACC8B4

split-complementary

#ACB2C8 #C8B4AC #C0C8AC

monochromatic

#636E96 #8790B0 #ACB2C8 #D1D4E0 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#ACB2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#ACB2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB2C8

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB2C8	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 178, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.032 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c9d8',
    500: '#acb2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb2c8;
$custom-light: #c5c9d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76589,
    "c": 0.03209,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB2C8

secondary

#E9E8E2

accent

#8C479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB2C8

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

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