#A9CAEF#A9CAEF

#A9CAEF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.063 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CAEF
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 239)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(212, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -2.65, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 22.00, 263.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.02 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.063 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0581, 56.9060, 89.8330)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CAEF #EFCEA9

analogous

#A9EDEF #A9CAEF #ABA9EF

triadic

#A9CAEF #EFA9CA #CAEFA9

tetradic

#A9CAEF #EFA9ED #EFCEA9 #A9EFAB

square

#A9CAEF #EFA9ED #EFCEA9 #A9EFAB

split-complementary

#A9CAEF #EFABA9 #EDEFA9

monochromatic

#428ADC #75AAE5 #A9CAEF #DDEAF9 #E5EFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A9CAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#A9CAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CAEF

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CAEF	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCBF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95D2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9caef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.063 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4daf4',
    500: '#a9caef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9caef;
$custom-light: #c4daf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9caef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CAEF

secondary

#CDA170

accent

#7815D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CAEF

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

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