#A9BFEF#A9BFEF

#A9BFEF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.072 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BFEF
RGB	rgb(169, 191, 239)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(221, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 20.1%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 3.27, -26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 26.45, 277.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0056 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.072 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5686, 51.9269, 89.0031)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BFEF #EFD9A9

analogous

#A9E2EF #A9BFEF #B6A9EF

triadic

#A9BFEF #EFA9BF #BFEFA9

tetradic

#A9BFEF #EFA9E2 #EFD9A9 #A9EFB6

square

#A9BFEF #EFA9E2 #EFD9A9 #A9EFB6

split-complementary

#A9BFEF #EFB6A9 #E2EFA9

monochromatic

#4272DC #7599E5 #A9BFEF #DDE5F9 #E5ECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A9BFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#A9BFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BFEF

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BFEF	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9BCEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96C9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bfef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 191, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.072 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d2f4',
    500: '#a9bfef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bfef;
$custom-light: #c4d2f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bfef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80478,
    "c": 0.07247,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BFEF

secondary

#CDAF70

accent

#9615D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BFEF

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

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