#A9ABC2#A9ABC2

#A9ABC2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.033 H 281.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ABC2
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 194)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(235, 13%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 11.9%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, 3.93, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 12.58, 288.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% 0.0066 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.033 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6606, 41.4555, 56.8880)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ABC2 #C2C0A9

analogous

#A9B7C2 #A9ABC2 #B3A9C2

triadic

#A9ABC2 #C2A9AB #ABC2A9

tetradic

#A9ABC2 #C2A9B7 #C2C0A9 #A9C2B3

square

#A9ABC2 #C2A9B7 #C2C0A9 #A9C2B3

split-complementary

#A9ABC2 #C2B3A9 #B7C2A9

monochromatic

#64678D #8588A9 #A9ABC2 #CDCEDB #EDEEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#A9ABC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#A9ABC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ABC2

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ABC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ABC2	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ACC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9abc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.033 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c4d4',
    500: '#a9abc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9abc2;
$custom-light: #c2c4d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9abc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 17.007,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.03297,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ABC2

secondary

#E7E6E0

accent

#954A9B

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ABC2

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

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