#A9C2EA#A9C2EA

#A9C2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.063 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C2EA
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 234)
HSL	hsl(217, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(217, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 17.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, 0.45, -22.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 22.63, 271.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0112 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.063 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5011, 52.9574, 85.3869)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C2EA #EAD1A9

analogous

#A9E3EA #A9C2EA #B1A9EA

triadic

#A9C2EA #EAA9C2 #C2EAA9

tetradic

#A9C2EA #EAA9E3 #EAD1A9 #A9EAB1

square

#A9C2EA #EAA9E3 #EAD1A9 #A9EAB1

split-complementary

#A9C2EA #EAB1A9 #E3EAA9

monochromatic

#477CD2 #789FDE #A9C2EA #DAE5F6 #E6EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9C2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#A9C2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C2EA

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C2EA	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97CACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.063 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d4f0',
    500: '#a9c2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c2ea;
$custom-light: #c3d4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80901,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C2EA

secondary

#C6A571

accent

#871DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C2EA

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

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