#A9ADD9#A9ADD9

#A9ADD9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.063 H 280.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ADD9
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(235, 39%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(235, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 7.92, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 23.99, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0117 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.063 280.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8270, 43.3311, 71.6869)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ADD9 #D9D5A9

analogous

#A9C5D9 #A9ADD9 #BDA9D9

triadic

#A9ADD9 #D9A9AD #ADD9A9

tetradic

#A9ADD9 #D9A9C5 #D9D5A9 #A9D9BD

square

#A9ADD9 #D9A9C5 #D9D5A9 #A9D9BD

split-complementary

#A9ADD9 #D9BDA9 #C5D9A9

monochromatic

#545CB3 #7F85C6 #A9ADD9 #D3D5EC #EAEBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A9ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#A9ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ADD9

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ADD9	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9EB5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.063 280.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c5e4',
    500: '#a9add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9add9;
$custom-light: #c3c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 280.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ADD9

secondary

#ECEBDF

accent

#A734B2

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121215

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ADD9

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

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