#A9B2CB#A9B2CB

#A9B2CB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.037 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B2CB
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 203)
HSL	hsl(224, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(224, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 12.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 2.04, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 13.86, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0001 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.037 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0595, 44.5869, 62.8259)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B2CB #CBC2A9

analogous

#A9C3CB #A9B2CB #B1A9CB

triadic

#A9B2CB #CBA9B2 #B2CBA9

tetradic

#A9B2CB #CBA9C3 #CBC2A9 #A9CBB1

square

#A9B2CB #CBA9C3 #CBC2A9 #A9CBB1

split-complementary

#A9B2CB #CBB1A9 #C3CBA9

monochromatic

#5E6E9C #8390B4 #A9B2CB #CFD4E2 #ECEEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9B2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A9B2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B2CB

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B2CB	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.037 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2c9da',
    500: '#a9b2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b2cb;
$custom-light: #c2c9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76464,
    "c": 0.03717,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B2CB

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8A42A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FA

border

#D0D1D3

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B2CB

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

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