#A9B2CD#A9B2CD

#A9B2CD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.040 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B2CD
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(225, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(225, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, 2.47, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 14.92, 279.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0006 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.04 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2994, 44.6828, 64.0892)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B2CD #CDC4A9

analogous

#A9C4CD #A9B2CD #B2A9CD

triadic

#A9B2CD #CDA9B2 #B2CDA9

tetradic

#A9B2CD #CDA9C4 #CDC4A9 #A9CDB2

square

#A9B2CD #CDA9C4 #CDC4A9 #A9CDB2

split-complementary

#A9B2CD #CDB2A9 #C4CDA9

monochromatic

#5C6D9F #828FB6 #A9B2CD #D0D5E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9B2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A9B2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B2CD

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B2CD	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.040 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9dc',
    500: '#a9b2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b2cd;
$custom-light: #c3c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76534,
    "c": 0.03993,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B2CD

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8C40A5

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B2CD

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