#A9BECE#A9BECE

#A9BECE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.032 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BECE
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(206, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -3.78, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 11.11, 250.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0158 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.032 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9134, 49.7170, 65.5579)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BECE #CEB9A9

analogous

#A9CECB #A9BECE #A9ABCE

triadic

#A9BECE #CEA9BE #BECEA9

tetradic

#A9BECE #CBA9CE #CEB9A9 #ABCEA9

square

#A9BECE #CBA9CE #CEB9A9 #ABCEA9

split-complementary

#A9BECE #CEA9AB #CECBA9

monochromatic

#5C83A1 #82A1B8 #A9BECE #D0DBE4 #ECF0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#A9BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#A9BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BECE

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BECE	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9FC2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.032 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1dd',
    500: '#a9bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bece;
$custom-light: #c3d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79068,
    "c": 0.0324,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BECE

secondary

#EAE5E1

accent

#6C3FA6

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F8F9FB

border

#D1D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BECE

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

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