#A9BBDB#A9BBDB

#A9BBDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.050 H 262.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBDB
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 219)
HSL	hsl(218, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(218, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 14.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 0.72, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 18.09, 272.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.007 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.05 262)
XYZ	xyz(46.9153, 49.0889, 74.0074)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBDB #DBC9A9

analogous

#A9D4DB #A9BBDB #B0A9DB

triadic

#A9BBDB #DBA9BB #BBDBA9

tetradic

#A9BBDB #DBA9D4 #DBC9A9 #A9DBB0

square

#A9BBDB #DBA9D4 #DBC9A9 #A9DBB0

split-complementary

#A9BBDB #DBB0A9 #D4DBA9

monochromatic

#5377B7 #7E99C9 #A9BBDB #D4DDED #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9BBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#A9BBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBDB

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBDB	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.050 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfe6',
    500: '#a9bbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbdb;
$custom-light: #c3cfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78898,
    "c": 0.04981,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.4909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBDB

secondary

#EDE8DE

accent

#8531B4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBDB

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

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