#A9B3CC#A9B3CC

#A9B3CC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.037 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B3CC
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(223, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(223, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 1.71, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 13.92, 277.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.0012 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.037 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3788, 45.0341, 63.5220)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B3CC #CCC2A9

analogous

#A9C4CC #A9B3CC #B0A9CC

triadic

#A9B3CC #CCA9B3 #B3CCA9

tetradic

#A9B3CC #CCA9C4 #CCC2A9 #A9CCB0

square

#A9B3CC #CCA9C4 #CCC2A9 #A9CCB0

split-complementary

#A9B3CC #CCB0A9 #C4CCA9

monochromatic

#5D709D #8391B5 #A9B3CC #CFD5E3 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9B3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A9B3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B3CC

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B3CC	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.037 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9db',
    500: '#a9b3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b3cc;
$custom-light: #c3c9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 25.547,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76706,
    "c": 0.03748,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B3CC

secondary

#EAE7E1

accent

#8841A4

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F8FB

border

#D0D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B3CC

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

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