#A9CBE3#A9CBE3

#A9CBE3 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.050 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CBE3
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 51%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(205, 26%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -5.98, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 16.71, 249.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0256 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.05 239)
XYZ	xyz(51.5793, 56.6911, 80.8830)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CBE3 #E3C1A9

analogous

#A9E3DE #A9CBE3 #A9AEE3

triadic

#A9CBE3 #E3A9CB #CBE3A9

tetradic

#A9CBE3 #DEA9E3 #E3C1A9 #AEE3A9

square

#A9CBE3 #DEA9E3 #E3C1A9 #AEE3A9

split-complementary

#A9CBE3 #E3A9AE #E3DEA9

monochromatic

#4D93C5 #7BAFD4 #A9CBE3 #D7E7F2 #E8F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A9CBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#A9CBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CBE3

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CBE3	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.050 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3daeb',
    500: '#a9cbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cbe3;
$custom-light: #c3daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82521,
    "c": 0.04966,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.56693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CBE3

secondary

#BD9273

accent

#6627BE

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F9FBFD

border

#D2D4D5

text

#121416

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CBE3

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

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