#A9B1CD#A9B1CD

#A9B1CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.041 H 272.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B1CD
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 205)
HSL	hsl(227, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(227, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 3.02, -15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 15.41, 281.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.002 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.041 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1011, 44.2863, 64.0231)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B1CD #CDC5A9

analogous

#A9C3CD #A9B1CD #B3A9CD

triadic

#A9B1CD #CDA9B1 #B1CDA9

tetradic

#A9B1CD #CDA9C3 #CDC5A9 #A9CDB3

square

#A9B1CD #CDA9C3 #CDC5A9 #A9CDB3

split-complementary

#A9B1CD #CDB3A9 #C3CDA9

monochromatic

#5C6B9F #828EB6 #A9B1CD #D0D4E3 #ECEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9B1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#A9B1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B1CD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B1CD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.041 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8dc',
    500: '#a9b1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b1cd;
$custom-light: #c3c8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76329,
    "c": 0.04107,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B1CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8F40A5

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B1CD

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

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