#A9B1ED#A9B1ED

#A9B1ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.086 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B1ED
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 237)
HSL	hsl(233, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(233, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 25.3%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, 10.46, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 32.57, 288.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0124 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.086 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3663, 45.9924, 86.4862)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B1ED #EDE5A9

analogous

#A9D3ED #A9B1ED #C3A9ED

triadic

#A9B1ED #EDA9B1 #B1EDA9

tetradic

#A9B1ED #EDA9D3 #EDE5A9 #A9EDC3

square

#A9B1ED #EDA9D3 #EDE5A9 #A9EDC3

split-complementary

#A9B1ED #EDC3A9 #D3EDA9

monochromatic

#4455D8 #7683E2 #A9B1ED #DCDFF8 #E6E8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A9B1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#A9B1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B1ED

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B1ED	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B7F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98BCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.086 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c8f3',
    500: '#a9b1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b1ed;
$custom-light: #c4c8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B1ED

secondary

#F1EEDA

accent

#B818CD

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131317

muted

#828285

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B1ED

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

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