#ACB9BE#ACB9BE

#ACB9BE is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.016 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ACB9BE
RGB	rgb(172, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 9%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -3.49, -4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 5.36, 229.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0118 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.016 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6544, 47.1857, 55.5130)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ACB9BE #BEB1AC

analogous

#ACBEBA #ACB9BE #ACB0BE

triadic

#ACB9BE #BEACB9 #B9BEAC

tetradic

#ACB9BE #BAACBE #BEB1AC #B0BEAC

square

#ACB9BE #BAACBE #BEB1AC #B0BEAC

split-complementary

#ACB9BE #BEACB0 #BEBAAC

monochromatic

#697E86 #8A9CA3 #ACB9BE #CED6D9 #EEF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#ACB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#ACB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ACB9BE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ACB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ACB9BE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #acb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.016 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ced1',
    500: '#acb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #acb9be;
$custom-light: #c4ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#acb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 12.162,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77718,
    "c": 0.01612,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ACB9BE

secondary

#E5E2E1

accent

#634F96

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #ACB9BE

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

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