#A9BCDA#A9BCDA

#A9BCDA is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.048 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCDA
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 218)
HSL	hsl(217, 40%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -0.04, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 17.19, 269.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0087 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.048 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9969, 49.4621, 73.3871)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCDA #DAC7A9

analogous

#A9D4DA #A9BCDA #AEA9DA

triadic

#A9BCDA #DAA9BC #BCDAA9

tetradic

#A9BCDA #DAA9D4 #DAC7A9 #A9DAAE

square

#A9BCDA #DAA9D4 #DAC7A9 #A9DAAE

split-complementary

#A9BCDA #DAAEA9 #D4DAA9

monochromatic

#5379B5 #7E9BC8 #A9BCDA #D4DDEC #EAEEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#A9BCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCDA

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCDA	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.048 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0e5',
    500: '#a9bcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcda;
$custom-light: #c3d0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.735,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCDA

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8133B3

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCDA

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

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