#A9BBCD#A9BBCD

#A9BBCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.032 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBCD
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(210, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -2.40, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 11.39, 257.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.012 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.032 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1492, 48.3824, 64.7058)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBCD #CDBBA9

analogous

#A9CDCD #A9BBCD #A9A9CD

triadic

#A9BBCD #CDA9BB #BBCDA9

tetradic

#A9BBCD #CDA9CD #CDBBA9 #A9CDA9

square

#A9BBCD #CDA9CD #CDBBA9 #A9CDA9

split-complementary

#A9BBCD #CDA9A9 #CDCDA9

monochromatic

#5C7E9F #829CB6 #A9BBCD #D0DAE3 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A9BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#A9BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBCD

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBCD	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.032 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfdc',
    500: '#a9bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbcd;
$custom-light: #c3cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78405,
    "c": 0.03247,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBCD

secondary

#EAE6E1

accent

#7340A5

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBCD

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

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