#A9C9FA#A9C9FA

#A9C9FA is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.077 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C9FA
RGB	rgb(169, 201, 250)
HSL	hsl(216, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(216, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 19.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 0.56, -27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 27.55, 271.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0151 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.077 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4990, 57.1081, 98.5754)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C9FA #FADAA9

analogous

#A9F2FA #A9C9FA #B2A9FA

triadic

#A9C9FA #FAA9C9 #C9FAA9

tetradic

#A9C9FA #FAA9F2 #FADAA9 #A9FAB2

square

#A9C9FA #FAA9F2 #FADAA9 #A9FAB2

split-complementary

#A9C9FA #FAB2A9 #F2FAA9

monochromatic

#3580F3 #6FA5F7 #A9C9FA #E2EDFD #E2EDFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9C9FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#A9C9FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C9FA

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C9FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C9FA	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8CBFC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFC4F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91D3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c9fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 201, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.077 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d9fc',
    500: '#a9c9fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c9fa;
$custom-light: #c4d9fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c9fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.296,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82958,
    "c": 0.07743,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C9FA

secondary

#DDB06B

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C9FA

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

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