#A9C1ED#A9C1ED

#A9C1ED is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.068 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C1ED
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 237)
HSL	hsl(219, 65%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(219, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 18.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, 1.70, -24.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 24.54, 273.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0089 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.068 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7139, 52.6876, 87.6020)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C1ED #EDD5A9

analogous

#A9E3ED #A9C1ED #B3A9ED

triadic

#A9C1ED #EDA9C1 #C1EDA9

tetradic

#A9C1ED #EDA9E3 #EDD5A9 #A9EDB3

square

#A9C1ED #EDA9E3 #EDD5A9 #A9EDB3

split-complementary

#A9C1ED #EDB3A9 #E3EDA9

monochromatic

#4478D8 #769DE2 #A9C1ED #DCE5F8 #E6EDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9C1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#A9C1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C1ED

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C1ED	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96CAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.068 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d3f3',
    500: '#a9c1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c1ed;
$custom-light: #c4d3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.06786,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C1ED

secondary

#CAAA70

accent

#8D18CD

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C1ED

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

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