#A9CAF7#A9CAF7

#A9CAF7 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.073 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CAF7
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 247)
HSL	hsl(215, 83%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(215, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 18.2%, 0%, 3.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -0.71, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 25.72, 268.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0173 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.073 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2662, 57.3892, 96.1956)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CAF7 #F7D6A9

analogous

#A9F1F7 #A9CAF7 #AFA9F7

triadic

#A9CAF7 #F7A9CA #CAF7A9

tetradic

#A9CAF7 #F7A9F1 #F7D6A9 #A9F7AF

square

#A9CAF7 #F7A9F1 #F7D6A9 #A9F7AF

split-complementary

#A9CAF7 #F7AFA9 #F1F7A9

monochromatic

#3985ED #71A7F2 #A9CAF7 #E1EDFC #E3EEFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A9CAF7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#A9CAF7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CAF7

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CAF7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CAF7	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BACCF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C4F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92D4D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9caf7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 247);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.073 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dafa',
    500: '#a9caf7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9caf7;
$custom-light: #c4dafa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9caf7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 247
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 81.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83047,
    "c": 0.07285,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CAF7

secondary

#D8AA6C

accent

#8306DF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CAF7

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

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