#A9BCDB#A9BCDB

#A9BCDB is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.049 H 260.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCDB
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 219)
HSL	hsl(217, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(217, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 14.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, 0.18, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 17.68, 270.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0083 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.049 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1282, 49.5146, 74.0783)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCDB #DBC8A9

analogous

#A9D5DB #A9BCDB #AFA9DB

triadic

#A9BCDB #DBA9BC #BCDBA9

tetradic

#A9BCDB #DBA9D5 #DBC8A9 #A9DBAF

square

#A9BCDB #DBA9D5 #DBC8A9 #A9DBAF

split-complementary

#A9BCDB #DBAFA9 #D5DBA9

monochromatic

#5379B7 #7E9AC9 #A9BCDB #D4DEED #E9EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9BCDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#A9BCDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCDB

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCDB	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.049 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0e6',
    500: '#a9bcdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcdb;
$custom-light: #c3d0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79104,
    "c": 0.04893,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCDB

secondary

#EDE7DE

accent

#8231B4

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121315

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCDB

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

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