#A9BBCB#A9BBCB

#A9BBCB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.030 H 245.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBCB
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 25%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(208, 17%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -2.83, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 10.53, 254.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0128 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.03 245)
XYZ	xyz(44.9093, 48.2865, 63.4425)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBCB #CBB9A9

analogous

#A9CBCA #A9BBCB #A9AACB

triadic

#A9BBCB #CBA9BB #BBCBA9

tetradic

#A9BBCB #CAA9CB #CBB9A9 #AACBA9

square

#A9BBCB #CAA9CB #CBB9A9 #AACBA9

split-complementary

#A9BBCB #CBA9AA #CBCAA9

monochromatic

#5E7F9C #839DB4 #A9BBCB #CFD9E2 #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A9BBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#A9BBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBCB

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBCB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.030 245.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfda',
    500: '#a9bbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbcb;
$custom-light: #c3cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.235,
    "s": 24.638,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78338,
    "c": 0.03027,
    "h": 245
  },
  "luminance": 0.48287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBCB

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#7042A3

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121314

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBCB

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

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