#A9CDFF#A9CDFF

#A9CDFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.080 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CDFF
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 255)
HSL	hsl(215, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(215, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -0.35, -28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 28.34, 269.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0185 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.08 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2380, 59.3151, 103.0741)
Luminance	0.5932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CDFF #FFDBA9

analogous

#A9F8FF #A9CDFF #B0A9FF

triadic

#A9CDFF #FFA9CD #CDFFA9

tetradic

#A9CDFF #FFA9F8 #FFDBA9 #A9FFB0

square

#A9CDFF #FFA9F8 #FFDBA9 #A9FFB0

split-complementary

#A9CDFF #FFB0A9 #F8FFA9

monochromatic

#2F86FF #6CA9FF #A9CDFF #E0EDFF #E0EDFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A9CDFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#A9CDFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CDFF

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CDFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CDFF	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBCFFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED8DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cdff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.080 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcff',
    500: '#a9cdff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cdff;
$custom-light: #c4dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cdff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.884,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83977,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CDFF

secondary

#E4B068

accent

#8500E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FBFF

border

#D2D4D7

text

#131518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CDFF

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

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