#A9B3CE#A9B3CE

#A9B3CE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.040 H 269.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B3CE
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(224, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(224, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, 2.15, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 14.97, 278.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0005 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.04 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6202, 45.1306, 64.7935)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B3CE #CEC4A9

analogous

#A9C5CE #A9B3CE #B1A9CE

triadic

#A9B3CE #CEA9B3 #B3CEA9

tetradic

#A9B3CE #CEA9C5 #CEC4A9 #A9CEB1

square

#A9B3CE #CEA9C5 #CEC4A9 #A9CEB1

split-complementary

#A9B3CE #CEB1A9 #C5CEA9

monochromatic

#5C6EA1 #8291B8 #A9B3CE #D0D5E4 #ECEEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A9B3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#A9B3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B3CE

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B3CE	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0B8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.040 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c9dd',
    500: '#a9b3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b3ce;
$custom-light: #c3c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76776,
    "c": 0.04022,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B3CE

secondary

#EAE8E1

accent

#8A3FA6

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F8FB

border

#D1D1D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B3CE

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

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