#A9BAFE#A9BAFE

#A9BAFE is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.099 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BAFE
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 254)
HSL	hsl(228, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(228, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 26.8%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, 9.72, -35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 36.75, 285.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% 0.0055 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.099 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8054, 50.7067, 100.8045)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BAFE #FEEDA9

analogous

#A9E4FE #A9BAFE #C2A9FE

triadic

#A9BAFE #FEA9BA #BAFEA9

tetradic

#A9BAFE #FEA9E4 #FEEDA9 #A9FEC2

square

#A9BAFE #FEA9E4 #FEEDA9 #A9FEC2

split-complementary

#A9BAFE #FEC2A9 #E4FEA9

monochromatic

#3059FD #6D89FD #A9BAFE #E1E7FF #E1E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9BAFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#A9BAFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BAFE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BAFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BAFE	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EBAFC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bafe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.099 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ceff',
    500: '#a9bafe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bafe;
$custom-light: #c4ceff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bafe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 97.701,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80088,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BAFE

secondary

#E3CA68

accent

#B800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FAFF

border

#D2D3D7

text

#131318

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BAFE

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

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