#A9D2E8#A9D2E8

#A9D2E8 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.053 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D2E8
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(201, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -8.50, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 17.45, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0329 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.053 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9699, 60.3522, 85.1338)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D2E8 #E8BFA9

analogous

#A9E8DE #A9D2E8 #A9B2E8

triadic

#A9D2E8 #E8A9D2 #D2E8A9

tetradic

#A9D2E8 #DEA9E8 #E8BFA9 #B2E8A9

square

#A9D2E8 #DEA9E8 #E8BFA9 #B2E8A9

split-complementary

#A9D2E8 #E8A9B2 #E8DEA9

monochromatic

#489FCE #79B9DB #A9D2E8 #D9EBF5 #E7F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#A9D2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#A9D2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D2E8

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D2E8	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96D8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.053 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dfef',
    500: '#a9d2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d2e8;
$custom-light: #c4dfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.952,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8417,
    "c": 0.05303,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D2E8

secondary

#C38E72

accent

#5A20C5

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D2E8

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

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