#A9AEF9#A9AEF9

#A9AEF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.107 H 280.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AEF9
RGB	rgb(169, 174, 249)
HSL	hsl(236, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(236, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 30.1%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 15.11, -37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 40.70, 291.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0198 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.107 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5924, 45.5452, 95.8350)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AEF9 #F9F4A9

analogous

#A9D6F9 #A9AEF9 #CCA9F9

triadic

#A9AEF9 #F9A9AE #AEF9A9

tetradic

#A9AEF9 #F9A9D6 #F9F4A9 #A9F9CC

square

#A9AEF9 #F9A9D6 #F9F4A9 #A9F9CC

split-complementary

#A9AEF9 #F9CCA9 #D6F9A9

monochromatic

#3742F1 #7078F5 #A9AEF9 #E2E4FD #E2E4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9AEF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A9AEF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AEF9

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AEF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AEF9	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98B7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94B1F7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94BCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aef9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 174, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.107 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c6fb',
    500: '#a9aef9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aef9;
$custom-light: #c4c6fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aef9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 86.957,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77503,
    "c": 0.10693,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AEF9

secondary

#F5F3D6

accent

#D502E4

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AEF9

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

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