#A9BEE2#A9BEE2

#A9BEE2 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.056 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEE2
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 50%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(218, 25%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 0.72, -20.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 20.33, 272.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0086 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.056 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4994, 50.7514, 79.1774)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEE2 #E2CDA9

analogous

#A9DAE2 #A9BEE2 #B1A9E2

triadic

#A9BEE2 #E2A9BE #BEE2A9

tetradic

#A9BEE2 #E2A9DA #E2CDA9 #A9E2B1

square

#A9BEE2 #E2A9DA #E2CDA9 #A9E2B1

split-complementary

#A9BEE2 #E2B1A9 #DAE2A9

monochromatic

#4D79C3 #7B9BD3 #A9BEE2 #D7E1F1 #E8EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9BEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A9BEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEE2

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEE2	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9AC5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.056 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1eb',
    500: '#a9bee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bee2;
$custom-light: #c3d1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.05625,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEE2

secondary

#BBA174

accent

#8629BD

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEE2

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

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