#A9CDEC#A9CDEC

#A9CDEC is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.058 H 244.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDEC
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 236)
HSL	hsl(208, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(208, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 13.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -4.95, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 19.81, 255.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.025 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.058 244.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3294, 58.1517, 87.7551)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDEC #ECC8A9

analogous

#A9ECEA #A9CDEC #A9ACEC

triadic

#A9CDEC #ECA9CD #CDECA9

tetradic

#A9CDEC #EAA9EC #ECC8A9 #ACECA9

square

#A9CDEC #EAA9EC #ECC8A9 #ACECA9

split-complementary

#A9CDEC #ECA9AC #ECEAA9

monochromatic

#4593D6 #77B0E1 #A9CDEC #DBEAF7 #E6F0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9CDEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#A9CDEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDEC

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDEC	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CDEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95D4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.058 244.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcf2',
    500: '#a9cdec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdec;
$custom-light: #c4dcf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.761,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8326,
    "c": 0.05815,
    "h": 244.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDEC

secondary

#C99971

accent

#6C1ACC

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDEC

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

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