#A9B4E7#A9B4E7

#A9B4E7 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.074 H 275.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B4E7
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 231)
HSL	hsl(229, 56%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(229, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, 7.35, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 27.73, 285.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% 0.0066 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.074 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1034, 46.8458, 82.1462)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B4E7 #E7DCA9

analogous

#A9D3E7 #A9B4E7 #BDA9E7

triadic

#A9B4E7 #E7A9B4 #B4E7A9

tetradic

#A9B4E7 #E7A9D3 #E7DCA9 #A9E7BD

square

#A9B4E7 #E7A9D3 #E7DCA9 #A9E7BD

split-complementary

#A9B4E7 #E7BDA9 #D3E7A9

monochromatic

#4961CC #798ADA #A9B4E7 #D9DEF4 #E7EAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9B4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#A9B4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B4E7

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B4E7	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B4E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99BDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.074 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3caee',
    500: '#a9b4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b4e7;
$custom-light: #c3caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.355,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77928,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B4E7

secondary

#F0ECDB

accent

#A722C4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FD

border

#D1D1D5

text

#131316

muted

#828284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B4E7

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

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