#A9BAFA#A9BAFA

#A9BAFA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.093 H 272.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BAFA
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 250)
HSL	hsl(227, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(227, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 25.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 8.71, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 34.64, 284.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% 0.0043 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.093 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1715, 50.4531, 97.4662)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BAFA #FAE9A9

analogous

#A9E3FA #A9BAFA #C0A9FA

triadic

#A9BAFA #FAA9BA #BAFAA9

tetradic

#A9BAFA #FAA9E3 #FAE9A9 #A9FAC0

square

#A9BAFA #FAA9E3 #FAE9A9 #A9FAC0

split-complementary

#A9BAFA #FAC0A9 #E3FAA9

monochromatic

#355DF3 #6F8CF7 #A9BAFA #E2E8FD #E2E8FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#A9BAFA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#A9BAFA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BAFA

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BAFA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BAFA	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6C0FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B9F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bafa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.093 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cefc',
    500: '#a9bafa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bafa;
$custom-light: #c4cefc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bafa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.407,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79917,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BAFA

secondary

#DDC56B

accent

#B500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FAFF

border

#D2D3D7

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BAFA

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

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