#A9BDCA#A9BDCA

#A9BDCA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.029 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BDCA
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(204, 24%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(204, 16%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -4.11, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 9.76, 245.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0159 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.029 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.2178, 49.0935, 62.9593)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BDCA #CAB6A9

analogous

#A9CAC6 #A9BDCA #A9ACCA

triadic

#A9BDCA #CAA9BD #BDCAA9

tetradic

#A9BDCA #C6A9CA #CAB6A9 #ACCAA9

square

#A9BDCA #C6A9CA #CAB6A9 #ACCAA9

split-complementary

#A9BDCA #CAA9AC #CAC6A9

monochromatic

#5F839A #83A0B3 #A9BDCA #CFDAE1 #ECF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#A9BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BDCA

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BDCA	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.029 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0da',
    500: '#a9bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bdca;
$custom-light: #c3d0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 23.741,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78725,
    "c": 0.02874,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BDCA

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6943A2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F7F9FA

border

#D0D2D3

text

#121414

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BDCA

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

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