#A9B8FD#A9B8FD

#A9B8FD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.100 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B8FD
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 253)
HSL	hsl(229, 95%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(229, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 27.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 10.57, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 37.29, 286.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% 0.0078 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.1 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2273, 49.8060, 99.8239)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B8FD #FDEEA9

analogous

#A9E2FD #A9B8FD #C4A9FD

triadic

#A9B8FD #FDA9B8 #B8FDA9

tetradic

#A9B8FD #FDA9E2 #FDEEA9 #A9FDC4

square

#A9B8FD #FDA9E2 #FDEEA9 #A9FDC4

split-complementary

#A9B8FD #FDC4A9 #E2FDA9

monochromatic

#3155FA #6D87FC #A9B8FD #E1E6FE #E1E6FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A9B8FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#A9B8FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B8FD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B8FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B8FD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2BFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB8FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b8fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.100 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cdfe',
    500: '#a9b8fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b8fd;
$custom-light: #c4cdfe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b8fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79648,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B8FD

secondary

#F7F0D4

accent

#BD00E6

background

#FCFCFF

surface

#F8F8FF

border

#D1D1D7

text

#131318

muted

#828286

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B8FD

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

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