#A9C8E8#A9C8E8

#A9C8E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.056 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C8E8
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 232)
HSL	hsl(210, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(210, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -3.24, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 19.52, 260.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0198 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.056 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5778, 55.5679, 84.3364)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C8E8 #E8C9A9

analogous

#A9E7E8 #A9C8E8 #A9A9E8

triadic

#A9C8E8 #E8A9C8 #C8E8A9

tetradic

#A9C8E8 #E8A9E7 #E8C9A9 #A9E8A9

square

#A9C8E8 #E8A9E7 #E8C9A9 #A9E8A9

split-complementary

#A9C8E8 #E8A9A9 #E7E8A9

monochromatic

#488ACE #79A9DB #A9C8E8 #D9E7F5 #E7F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9C8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#A9C8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C8E8

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C8E8	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97CFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.056 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d8ef',
    500: '#a9c8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c8e8;
$custom-light: #c3d8ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.476,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82071,
    "c": 0.05627,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C8E8

secondary

#C39B72

accent

#7420C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C8E8

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

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