#A9B2E4#A9B2E4

#A9B2E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.072 H 276.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B2E4
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 228)
HSL	hsl(231, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(231, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 7.74, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 27.19, 286.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0083 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.072 276.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2825, 45.8761, 79.8002)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B2E4 #E4DBA9

analogous

#A9D0E4 #A9B2E4 #BDA9E4

triadic

#A9B2E4 #E4A9B2 #B2E4A9

tetradic

#A9B2E4 #E4A9D0 #E4DBA9 #A9E4BD

square

#A9B2E4 #E4A9D0 #E4DBA9 #A9E4BD

split-complementary

#A9B2E4 #E4BDA9 #D0E4A9

monochromatic

#4C5FC7 #7A88D5 #A9B2E4 #D8DCF3 #E8EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A9B2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#A9B2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B2E4

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B2E4	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ABBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.072 276.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c8ec',
    500: '#a9b2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b2e4;
$custom-light: #c3c8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.847,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77404,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 276.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B2E4

secondary

#EFECDC

accent

#A826C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B2E4

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

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