#A9BCDF#A9BCDF

#A9BCDF is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.054 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCDF
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 223)
HSL	hsl(219, 46%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(219, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 15.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, 1.10, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 19.68, 273.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0069 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.054 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6611, 49.7278, 76.8850)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCDF #DFCCA9

analogous

#A9D7DF #A9BCDF #B1A9DF

triadic

#A9BCDF #DFA9BC #BCDFA9

tetradic

#A9BCDF #DFA9D7 #DFCCA9 #A9DFB1

square

#A9BCDF #DFA9D7 #DFCCA9 #A9DFB1

split-complementary

#A9BCDF #DFB1A9 #D7DFA9

monochromatic

#5077BE #7C99CE #A9BCDF #D6DFF0 #E9EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A9BCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#A9BCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCDF

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCDF	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BEE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9BC3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.054 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0e9',
    500: '#a9bcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcdf;
$custom-light: #c3d0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.889,
    "s": 45.763,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79251,
    "c": 0.05415,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCDF

secondary

#EEE8DD

accent

#882DB9

background

#FCFCFE

surface

#F8F9FC

border

#D1D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCDF

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

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