#A9BBFF#A9BBFF

#A9BBFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.099 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BBFF
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 255)
HSL	hsl(227, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(227, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, 9.42, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 36.75, 284.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% 0.0045 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.099 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.1773, 51.1937, 101.7205)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BBFF #FFEDA9

analogous

#A9E6FF #A9BBFF #C2A9FF

triadic

#A9BBFF #FFA9BB #BBFFA9

tetradic

#A9BBFF #FFA9E6 #FFEDA9 #A9FFC2

square

#A9BBFF #FFA9E6 #FFEDA9 #A9FFC2

split-complementary

#A9BBFF #FFC2A9 #E6FFA9

monochromatic

#2F5AFF #6C8BFF #A9BBFF #E0E7FF #E0E7FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9BBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#A9BBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BBFF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BBFF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5C1FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FBAFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.099 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cfff',
    500: '#a9bbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bbff;
$custom-light: #c4cfff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80331,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BBFF

secondary

#E4CA68

accent

#B500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131318

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BBFF

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

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