#ACB8BE#ACB8BE

#ACB8BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.016 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB8BE
RGB	rgb(172, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(200, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(200, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -2.95, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 5.35, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0104 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.016 229)
XYZ	xyz(43.4460, 46.7688, 55.4436)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB8BE #BEB2AC

analogous

#ACBEBB #ACB8BE #ACAFBE

triadic

#ACB8BE #BEACB8 #B8BEAC

tetradic

#ACB8BE #BBACBE #BEB2AC #AFBEAC

square

#ACB8BE #BBACBE #BEB2AC #AFBEAC

split-complementary

#ACB8BE #BEACAF #BEBBAC

monochromatic

#697D86 #8A9BA3 #ACB8BE #CED5D9 #EEF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#ACB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#ACB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB8BE

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB8BE	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.016 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cdd1',
    500: '#acb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb8be;
$custom-light: #c4cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77508,
    "c": 0.01588,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.46769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB8BE

secondary

#E5E2E1

accent

#674F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB8BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →