#A9A1EF#A9A1EF

#A9A1EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 288.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A1EF
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 239)
HSL	hsl(246, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(246, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 32.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 19.90, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 42.95, 297.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% 0.0346 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.111 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6830, 40.1558, 87.0413)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A1EF #E7EFA1

analogous

#A1C0EF #A9A1EF #D0A1EF

triadic

#A9A1EF #EFA9A1 #A1EFA9

tetradic

#A9A1EF #EFA1C0 #E7EFA1 #A1EFD0

square

#A9A1EF #EFA1C0 #E7EFA1 #A1EFD0

split-complementary

#A9A1EF #EFD0A1 #C0EFA1

monochromatic

#4938DD #796DE6 #A9A1EF #D9D5F8 #E7E5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9A1EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A9A1EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A1EF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A1EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A1EF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BACF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99AFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a1ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bcf4',
    500: '#a9a1ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a1ef;
$custom-light: #c4bcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a1ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7454,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A1EF

secondary

#F0F2D9

accent

#D313BF

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F8F6FD

border

#D1D0D5

text

#131217

muted

#828185

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A1EF

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

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