#A9C7EC#A9C7EC

#A9C7EC is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.062 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C7EC
RGB	rgb(169, 199, 236)
HSL	hsl(213, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(213, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -1.76, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 21.67, 265.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0171 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.062 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9216, 55.3361, 87.2858)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C7EC #ECCEA9

analogous

#A9E9EC #A9C7EC #ADA9EC

triadic

#A9C7EC #ECA9C7 #C7ECA9

tetradic

#A9C7EC #ECA9E9 #ECCEA9 #A9ECAD

square

#A9C7EC #ECA9E9 #ECCEA9 #A9ECAD

split-complementary

#A9C7EC #ECADA9 #E9ECA9

monochromatic

#4586D6 #77A6E1 #A9C7EC #DBE8F7 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A9C7EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#A9C7EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C7EC

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C7EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C7EC	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96CFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c7ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 199, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.062 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d7f2',
    500: '#a9c7ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c7ec;
$custom-light: #c4d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c7ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.134,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8201,
    "c": 0.06163,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C7EC

secondary

#C9A171

accent

#7C1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C7EC

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

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