#A9BCED#A9BCED

#A9BCED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.073 H 268.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCED
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 237)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(223, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, 4.42, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 26.84, 279.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0023 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.073 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6272, 50.5143, 87.2398)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCED #EDDAA9

analogous

#A9DEED #A9BCED #B8A9ED

triadic

#A9BCED #EDA9BC #BCEDA9

tetradic

#A9BCED #EDA9DE #EDDAA9 #A9EDB8

square

#A9BCED #EDA9DE #EDDAA9 #A9EDB8

split-complementary

#A9BCED #EDB8A9 #DEEDA9

monochromatic

#446DD8 #7695E2 #A9BCED #DCE3F8 #E6EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#A9BCED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#A9BCED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCED

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCED	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADC0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7BAEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97C6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.073 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d0f3',
    500: '#a9bced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bced;
$custom-light: #c4d0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.235,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79788,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCED

secondary

#CAB170

accent

#9B18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCED

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

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