#A9BBEF#A9BBEF

#A9BBEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.077 H 269.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9BBEF
RGBrgb(169, 187, 239)
HSLhsl(225, 69%, 80%)
HSVhsv(225, 29%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(29.3%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.20, 5.45, -27.84)
CIE-LCHlch(76.20, 28.37, 281.07°)
OKLaboklab(79.66% -0.0003 -0.0767)
OKLCHoklch(79.66% 0.077 269.8)
XYZxyz(49.7082, 50.2060, 88.7163)
Luminance0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9BBEF #EFDDA9
analogous
#A9DEEF #A9BBEF #BAA9EF
triadic
#A9BBEF #EFA9BB #BBEFA9
tetradic
#A9BBEF #EFA9DE #EFDDA9 #A9EFBA
square
#A9BBEF #EFA9DE #EFDDA9 #A9EFBA
split-complementary
#A9BBEF #EFBAA9 #DEEFA9
monochromatic
#4269DC #7592E5 #A9BBEF #DDE4F9 #E5EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#A9BBEF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04
#A9BBEF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBEF
11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9BBEF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9BBEF1.001.9011.0411.04
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0421.001.001.00
##00000011.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABBFF1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5B9EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#96C5CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9bbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.077 269.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cff4',
    500: '#a9bbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9bbef;
$custom-light: #c4cff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9bbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79664,
    "c": 0.07674,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9BBEF
secondary
#CDB570
accent
#A015D1
background
#FDFEFF
surface
#F9FBFE
border
#D2D4D6
text
#131317
muted
#828385

Preview Lab

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#A9BBEF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva