#A9CBFF#A9CBFF

#A9CBFF is a very light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.082 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CBFF
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 255)
HSL	hsl(216, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(216, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 20.4%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 0.72, -29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 29.15, 271.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.016 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.082 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7627, 58.3644, 102.9157)
Luminance	0.5837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CBFF #FFDDA9

analogous

#A9F6FF #A9CBFF #B2A9FF

triadic

#A9CBFF #FFA9CB #CBFFA9

tetradic

#A9CBFF #FFA9F6 #FFDDA9 #A9FFB2

square

#A9CBFF #FFA9F6 #FFDDA9 #A9FFB2

split-complementary

#A9CBFF #FFB2A9 #F6FFA9

monochromatic

#2F81FF #6CA6FF #A9CBFF #E0ECFF #E0ECFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9CBFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#A9CBFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CBFF

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CBFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CBFF	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9CEFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C5FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cbff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.082 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4daff',
    500: '#a9cbff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cbff;
$custom-light: #c4daff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cbff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.279,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83566,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CBFF

secondary

#E4B368

accent

#8B00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131418

muted

#828386

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CBFF

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

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