#A9BBDF#A9BBDF

#A9BBDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.055 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBDF
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 223)
HSL	hsl(220, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(220, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 16.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, 1.65, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 20.11, 274.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0056 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.055 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4482, 49.3020, 76.8141)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBDF #DFCDA9

analogous

#A9D6DF #A9BBDF #B2A9DF

triadic

#A9BBDF #DFA9BB #BBDFA9

tetradic

#A9BBDF #DFA9D6 #DFCDA9 #A9DFB2

square

#A9BBDF #DFA9D6 #DFCDA9 #A9DFB2

split-complementary

#A9BBDF #DFB2A9 #D6DFA9

monochromatic

#5074BE #7C98CE #A9BBDF #D6DEF0 #E9EDF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BBDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#A9BBDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBDF

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBDF	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BDE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.055 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3cfe9',
    500: '#a9bbdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbdf;
$custom-light: #c3cfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79045,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBDF

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#8A2DB9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBDF

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

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