#A9B7DC#A9B7DC

#A9B7DC is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.055 H 268.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B7DC
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 220)
HSL	hsl(224, 42%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(224, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, 3.13, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 20.40, 278.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0011 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.055 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.2106, 47.4681, 74.4238)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B7DC #DCCEA9

analogous

#A9D1DC #A9B7DC #B5A9DC

triadic

#A9B7DC #DCA9B7 #B7DCA9

tetradic

#A9B7DC #DCA9D1 #DCCEA9 #A9DCB5

square

#A9B7DC #DCA9D1 #DCCEA9 #A9DCB5

split-complementary

#A9B7DC #DCB5A9 #D1DCA9

monochromatic

#526EB9 #7E93CA #A9B7DC #D4DBEE #E9EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A9B7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#A9B7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B7DC

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B7DC	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACBADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CBEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.055 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cce7',
    500: '#a9b7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b7dc;
$custom-light: #c3cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.529,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78111,
    "c": 0.05512,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B7DC

secondary

#EDE9DE

accent

#9130B5

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F8FC

border

#D1D1D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B7DC

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

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