#A9BBDD#A9BBDD

#A9BBDD is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.052 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBDD
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(219, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(219, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 1.18, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 19.10, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0063 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.052 263.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1802, 49.1948, 75.4024)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBDD #DDCBA9

analogous

#A9D5DD #A9BBDD #B1A9DD

triadic

#A9BBDD #DDA9BB #BBDDA9

tetradic

#A9BBDD #DDA9D5 #DDCBA9 #A9DDB1

square

#A9BBDD #DDA9D5 #DDCBA9 #A9DDB1

split-complementary

#A9BBDD #DDB1A9 #D5DDA9

monochromatic

#5176BA #7D98CC #A9BBDD #D5DEEE #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9BBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#A9BBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBDD

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBDD	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.052 263.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfe7',
    500: '#a9bbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbdd;
$custom-light: #c3cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78971,
    "c": 0.05244,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBDD

secondary

#EDE8DE

accent

#882FB6

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBDD

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

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