#A9BBDA#A9BBDA

#A9BBDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.049 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBDA
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 218)
HSL	hsl(218, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 0.50, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 17.59, 271.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0073 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.049 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7841, 49.0364, 73.3161)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBDA #DAC8A9

analogous

#A9D3DA #A9BBDA #AFA9DA

triadic

#A9BBDA #DAA9BB #BBDAA9

tetradic

#A9BBDA #DAA9D3 #DAC8A9 #A9DAAF

square

#A9BBDA #DAA9D3 #DAC8A9 #A9DAAF

split-complementary

#A9BBDA #DAAFA9 #D3DAA9

monochromatic

#5377B5 #7E99C8 #A9BBDA #D4DDEC #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9BBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#A9BBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBDA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBDA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.049 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfe5',
    500: '#a9bbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbda;
$custom-light: #c3cfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78861,
    "c": 0.04851,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBDA

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8433B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBDA

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

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