#A9C8EA#A9C8EA

#A9C8EA is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.059 H 250.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C8EA
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 234)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(211, 28%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -2.77, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 20.41, 262.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0191 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.059 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.8635, 55.6822, 85.8410)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C8EA #EACBA9

analogous

#A9E9EA #A9C8EA #ABA9EA

triadic

#A9C8EA #EAA9C8 #C8EAA9

tetradic

#A9C8EA #EAA9E9 #EACBA9 #A9EAAB

square

#A9C8EA #EAA9E9 #EACBA9 #A9EAAB

split-complementary

#A9C8EA #EAABA9 #E9EAA9

monochromatic

#4789D2 #78A9DE #A9C8EA #DAE7F6 #E6EFF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9C8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A9C8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C8EA

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C8EA	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96D0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.059 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d8f0',
    500: '#a9c8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c8ea;
$custom-light: #c4d8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82144,
    "c": 0.05859,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C8EA

secondary

#C69E71

accent

#771DC8

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131416

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C8EA

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

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