#A9BEEB#A9BEEB

#A9BEEB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.068 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEEB
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 235)
HSL	hsl(221, 62%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 19.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, 2.85, -24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 24.87, 276.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0056 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.068 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.7669, 51.2584, 85.8529)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEEB #EBD6A9

analogous

#A9DFEB #A9BEEB #B5A9EB

triadic

#A9BEEB #EBA9BE #BEEBA9

tetradic

#A9BEEB #EBA9DF #EBD6A9 #A9EBB5

square

#A9BEEB #EBA9DF #EBD6A9 #A9EBB5

split-complementary

#A9BEEB #EBB5A9 #DFEBA9

monochromatic

#4673D4 #7798DF #A9BEEB #DBE4F7 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9BEEB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#A9BEEB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEEB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEEB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEEB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9beeb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.068 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d1f1',
    500: '#a9beeb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9beeb;
$custom-light: #c4d1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9beeb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80117,
    "c": 0.06813,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEEB

secondary

#C7AC71

accent

#921BCA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEEB

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

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