#ACB4C8#ACB4C8

#ACB4C8 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.030 H 268.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB4C8
RGB	rgb(172, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(223, 20%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 14%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 1.28, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 11.14, 276.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0009 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.03 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7575, 45.5827, 61.1254)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB4C8 #C8C0AC

analogous

#ACC2C8 #ACB4C8 #B2ACC8

triadic

#ACB4C8 #C8ACB4 #B4C8AC

tetradic

#ACB4C8 #C8ACC2 #C8C0AC #ACC8B2

square

#ACB4C8 #C8ACC2 #C8C0AC #ACC8B2

split-complementary

#ACB4C8 #C8B2AC #C2C8AC

monochromatic

#637296 #8793B0 #ACB4C8 #D1D5E0 #EDEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#ACB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#ACB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB4C8

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB4C8	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.030 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cad8',
    500: '#acb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb4c8;
$custom-light: #c5cad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 20.29,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.0299,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB4C8

secondary

#E9E7E2

accent

#86479F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FA

border

#D1D1D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB4C8

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

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