#A9BDFD#A9BDFD

#A9BDFD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.094 H 270.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BDFD
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 253)
HSL	hsl(226, 95%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(226, 33%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 25.3%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, 7.82, -33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 34.67, 283.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% 0.0013 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.094 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2843, 51.9201, 100.1762)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BDFD #FDE9A9

analogous

#A9E7FD #A9BDFD #BFA9FD

triadic

#A9BDFD #FDA9BD #BDFDA9

tetradic

#A9BDFD #FDA9E7 #FDE9A9 #A9FDBF

square

#A9BDFD #FDA9E7 #FDE9A9 #A9FDBF

split-complementary

#A9BDFD #FDBFA9 #E7FDA9

monochromatic

#3161FA #6D8FFC #A9BDFD #E1E8FE #E1E8FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A9BDFD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#A9BDFD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BDFD

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BDFD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BDFD	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C3FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91CAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bdfd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.094 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d0fe',
    500: '#a9bdfd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bdfd;
$custom-light: #c4d0fe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bdfd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.714,
    "s": 95.455,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80645,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BDFD

secondary

#E1C569

accent

#AF00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BDFD

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

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