#A9BFDB#A9BFDB

#A9BFDB is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.047 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BFDB
RGB	rgb(169, 191, 219)
HSL	hsl(214, 41%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(214, 23%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 12.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -1.43, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 16.54, 265.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0124 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.047 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7757, 50.8097, 74.2942)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BFDB #DBC5A9

analogous

#A9D8DB #A9BFDB #ACA9DB

triadic

#A9BFDB #DBA9BF #BFDBA9

tetradic

#A9BFDB #DBA9D8 #DBC5A9 #A9DBAC

square

#A9BFDB #DBA9D8 #DBC5A9 #A9DBAC

split-complementary

#A9BFDB #DBACA9 #D8DBA9

monochromatic

#537FB7 #7E9FC9 #A9BFDB #D4DFED #E9EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9BFDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#A9BFDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BFDB

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BFDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BFDB	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CC5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bfdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 191, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.047 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d2e6',
    500: '#a9bfdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bfdb;
$custom-light: #c3d2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bfdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.0466,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BFDB

secondary

#B39875

accent

#7B31B4

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFC

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BFDB

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

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