#A9BEFF#A9BEFF

#A9BEFF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.095 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BEFF
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 255)
HSL	hsl(225, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(225, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, 7.77, -34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 35.20, 282.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0006 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.095 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8204, 52.4799, 101.9349)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BEFF #FFEAA9

analogous

#A9E9FF #A9BEFF #BFA9FF

triadic

#A9BEFF #FFA9BE #BEFFA9

tetradic

#A9BEFF #FFA9E9 #FFEAA9 #A9FFBF

square

#A9BEFF #FFA9E9 #FFEAA9 #A9FFBF

split-complementary

#A9BEFF #FFBFA9 #E9FFA9

monochromatic

#2F61FF #6C90FF #A9BEFF #E0E8FF #E0E8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9BEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#A9BEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BEFF

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BEFF	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9C4FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2BCFD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90CBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9beff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.095 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d1ff',
    500: '#a9beff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9beff;
$custom-light: #c4d1ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9beff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.0952,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BEFF

secondary

#E4C668

accent

#AD00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BEFF

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

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