#A9B4E4#A9B4E4

#A9B4E4 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.070 H 274.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B4E4
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 228)
HSL	hsl(229, 52%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 21.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, 6.64, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 26.13, 284.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% 0.0056 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.07 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6833, 46.6777, 79.9338)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B4E4 #E4D9A9

analogous

#A9D1E4 #A9B4E4 #BCA9E4

triadic

#A9B4E4 #E4A9B4 #B4E4A9

tetradic

#A9B4E4 #E4A9D1 #E4D9A9 #A9E4BC

square

#A9B4E4 #E4A9D1 #E4D9A9 #A9E4BC

split-complementary

#A9B4E4 #E4BCA9 #D1E4A9

monochromatic

#4C63C7 #7A8BD5 #A9B4E4 #D8DDF3 #E8EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9B4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#A9B4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B4E4

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B4E4	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9ABDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.070 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caec',
    500: '#a9b4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b4e4;
$custom-light: #c3caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.814,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.06969,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B4E4

secondary

#EFEBDC

accent

#A326C0

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B4E4

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

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