#A9BDCD#A9BDCD

#A9BDCD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.032 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BDCD
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -3.47, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 10.91, 251.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0148 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.032 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5764, 49.2369, 64.8482)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BDCD #CDB9A9

analogous

#A9CDCB #A9BDCD #A9ABCD

triadic

#A9BDCD #CDA9BD #BDCDA9

tetradic

#A9BDCD #CBA9CD #CDB9A9 #ABCDA9

square

#A9BDCD #CBA9CD #CDB9A9 #ABCDA9

split-complementary

#A9BDCD #CDA9AB #CDCBA9

monochromatic

#5C819F #829FB6 #A9BDCD #D0DBE3 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#A9BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BDCD

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BDCD	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.032 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d0dc',
    500: '#a9bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bdcd;
$custom-light: #c3d0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78825,
    "c": 0.03167,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BDCD

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6D40A5

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BDCD

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

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