#A9CDFE#A9CDFE

#A9CDFE is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.079 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDFE
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 254)
HSL	hsl(215, 98%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(215, 33%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -0.59, -27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 27.86, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0189 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.079 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0775, 59.2509, 102.2285)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDFE #FEDAA9

analogous

#A9F8FE #A9CDFE #AFA9FE

triadic

#A9CDFE #FEA9CD #CDFEA9

tetradic

#A9CDFE #FEA9F8 #FEDAA9 #A9FEAF

square

#A9CDFE #FEA9F8 #FEDAA9 #A9FEAF

split-complementary

#A9CDFE #FEAFA9 #F8FEA9

monochromatic

#3087FD #6DAAFD #A9CDFE #E1EDFF #E1EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A9CDFE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#A9CDFE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDFE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDFE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDFE	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD8DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdfe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 254);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.079 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcff',
    500: '#a9cdfe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdfe;
$custom-light: #c4dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdfe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 254
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.588,
    "s": 97.701,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83937,
    "c": 0.07913,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDFE

secondary

#E3AF68

accent

#8400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDFE

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

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