#A9B2CC#A9B2CC

#A9B2CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.039 H 270.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B2CC
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 204)
HSL	hsl(225, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, 2.25, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 14.39, 279.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0002 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.039 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1791, 44.6347, 63.4555)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B2CC #CCC3A9

analogous

#A9C3CC #A9B2CC #B1A9CC

triadic

#A9B2CC #CCA9B2 #B2CCA9

tetradic

#A9B2CC #CCA9C3 #CCC3A9 #A9CCB1

square

#A9B2CC #CCA9C3 #CCC3A9 #A9CCB1

split-complementary

#A9B2CC #CCB1A9 #C3CCA9

monochromatic

#5D6E9D #8390B5 #A9B2CC #CFD4E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9B2CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#A9B2CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B2CC

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B2CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B2CC	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b2cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.039 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9db',
    500: '#a9b2cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b2cc;
$custom-light: #c3c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b2cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76499,
    "c": 0.03855,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B2CC

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8B41A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B2CC

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

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