#A9D4E7#A9D4E7

#A9D4E7 is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.052 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D4E7
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(198, 27%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -9.77, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 17.03, 234.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0359 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.052 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3251, 61.2893, 84.5534)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D4E7 #E7BCA9

analogous

#A9E7DB #A9D4E7 #A9B5E7

triadic

#A9D4E7 #E7A9D4 #D4E7A9

tetradic

#A9D4E7 #DBA9E7 #E7BCA9 #B5E7A9

square

#A9D4E7 #DBA9E7 #E7BCA9 #B5E7A9

split-complementary

#A9D4E7 #E7A9B5 #E7DBA9

monochromatic

#49A4CC #79BCDA #A9D4E7 #D9ECF4 #E7F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#A9D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#A9D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D4E7

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D4E7	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96DADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.052 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e1ee',
    500: '#a9d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d4e7;
$custom-light: #c4e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84559,
    "c": 0.05228,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D4E7

secondary

#C28B72

accent

#5322C4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131516

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D4E7

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

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