#A9CEFF#A9CEFF

#A9CEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.080 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CEFF
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 255)
HSL	hsl(214, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(214, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 19.2%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -0.88, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 27.95, 268.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0198 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.08 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4780, 59.7951, 103.1541)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CEFF #FFDAA9

analogous

#A9F9FF #A9CEFF #AFA9FF

triadic

#A9CEFF #FFA9CE #CEFFA9

tetradic

#A9CEFF #FFA9F9 #FFDAA9 #A9FFAF

square

#A9CEFF #FFA9F9 #FFDAA9 #A9FFAF

split-complementary

#A9CEFF #FFAFA9 #F9FFA9

monochromatic

#2F88FF #6CABFF #A9CEFF #E0EEFF #E0EEFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9CEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#A9CEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CEFF

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CEFF	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCD0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C7FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ceff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.080 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dcff',
    500: '#a9ceff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ceff;
$custom-light: #c4dcff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ceff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.186,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84182,
    "c": 0.07957,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CEFF

secondary

#E4AF68

accent

#8300E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131518

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CEFF

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

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