#A9BCF9#A9BCF9

#A9BCF9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.089 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BCF9
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 249)
HSL	hsl(226, 87%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(226, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 24.5%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, 7.36, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 33.09, 282.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% 0.0014 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.089 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4394, 51.2391, 96.7840)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BCF9 #F9E6A9

analogous

#A9E4F9 #A9BCF9 #BEA9F9

triadic

#A9BCF9 #F9A9BC #BCF9A9

tetradic

#A9BCF9 #F9A9E4 #F9E6A9 #A9F9BE

square

#A9BCF9 #F9A9E4 #F9E6A9 #A9F9BE

split-complementary

#A9BCF9 #F9BEA9 #E4F9A9

monochromatic

#3763F1 #708FF5 #A9BCF9 #E2E9FD #E2E9FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9BCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#A9BCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BCF9

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BCF9	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C1FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BBF8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93C8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.089 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d0fb',
    500: '#a9bcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bcf9;
$custom-light: #c4d0fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.75,
    "s": 86.957,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80276,
    "c": 0.0893,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BCF9

secondary

#DBC06B

accent

#AE02E4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131317

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BCF9

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

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