#A9CDEE#A9CDEE

#A9CDEE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.060 H 246.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDEE
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 238)
HSL	hsl(209, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(209, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 13.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -4.47, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 20.65, 257.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0243 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.06 246.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6216, 58.2685, 89.2940)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDEE #EECAA9

analogous

#A9EEED #A9CDEE #A9ABEE

triadic

#A9CDEE #EEA9CD #CDEEA9

tetradic

#A9CDEE #EDA9EE #EECAA9 #ABEEA9

square

#A9CDEE #EDA9EE #EECAA9 #ABEEA9

split-complementary

#A9CDEE #EEA9AB #EEEDA9

monochromatic

#4392DA #76AFE4 #A9CDEE #DCEBF8 #E5F0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9CDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#A9CDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDEE

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDEE	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CDF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95D5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.060 246.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcf3',
    500: '#a9cdee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdee;
$custom-light: #c4dcf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.696,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 246.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDEE

secondary

#CB9C70

accent

#6F17CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFE

border

#D2D4D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDEE

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

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