#A9BEEF#A9BEEF

#A9BEEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.073 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEEF
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 239)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(222, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 20.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, 3.81, -26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 26.92, 278.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0043 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.074 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3512, 51.4922, 88.9307)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEEF #EFDAA9

analogous

#A9E1EF #A9BEEF #B7A9EF

triadic

#A9BEEF #EFA9BE #BEEFA9

tetradic

#A9BEEF #EFA9E1 #EFDAA9 #A9EFB7

square

#A9BEEF #EFA9E1 #EFDAA9 #A9EFB7

split-complementary

#A9BEEF #EFB7A9 #E1EFA9

monochromatic

#4270DC #7597E5 #A9BEEF #DDE5F9 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A9BEEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#A9BEEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEEF

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEEF	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9beef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.073 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d1f4',
    500: '#a9beef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9beef;
$custom-light: #c4d1f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9beef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80274,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEEF

secondary

#CDB170

accent

#9815D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEEF

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

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