#A9BEEC#A9BEEC

#A9BEEC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.069 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEEC
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 236)
HSL	hsl(221, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(221, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, 3.09, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 25.38, 276.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0053 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.069 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.9117, 51.3164, 86.6159)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEEC #ECD7A9

analogous

#A9E0EC #A9BEEC #B6A9EC

triadic

#A9BEEC #ECA9BE #BEECA9

tetradic

#A9BEEC #ECA9E0 #ECD7A9 #A9ECB6

square

#A9BEEC #ECA9E0 #ECD7A9 #A9ECB6

split-complementary

#A9BEEC #ECB6A9 #E0ECA9

monochromatic

#4572D6 #7798E1 #A9BEEC #DBE4F7 #E6ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A9BEEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#A9BEEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEEC

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEEC	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97C7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9beec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.069 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d1f2',
    500: '#a9beec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9beec;
$custom-light: #c4d1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9beec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.194,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80156,
    "c": 0.06947,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEEC

secondary

#C9AD71

accent

#941ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEEC

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

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