#A9AFBC#A9AFBC

#A9AFBC is a light, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.020 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AFBC
RGB	rgb(169, 175, 188)
HSL	hsl(221, 12%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(221, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, 0.49, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 7.36, 273.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0014 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.02 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7673, 42.7254, 53.6662)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AFBC #BCB6A9

analogous

#A9B8BC #A9AFBC #ADA9BC

triadic

#A9AFBC #BCA9AF #AFBCA9

tetradic

#A9AFBC #BCA9B8 #BCB6A9 #A9BCAD

square

#A9AFBC #BCA9B8 #BCB6A9 #A9BCAD

split-complementary

#A9AFBC #BCADA9 #B8BCA9

monochromatic

#677084 #878FA1 #A9AFBC #CBCFD7 #EEEFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#A9AFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#A9AFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AFBC

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AFBC	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAAEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9afbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 175, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.020 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c6d0',
    500: '#a9afbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9afbc;
$custom-light: #c2c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9afbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 12.418,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75331,
    "c": 0.01979,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AFBC

secondary

#E3E1DE

accent

#804F97

background

#FBFCFC

surface

#F7F8F9

border

#D0D1D2

text

#121314

muted

#818282

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AFBC

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

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