#A9D8FA#A9D8FA

#A9D8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.068 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D8FA
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 250)
HSL	hsl(205, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(205, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -7.38, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 22.75, 251.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0341 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.068 240)
XYZ	xyz(58.1680, 64.4461, 99.7984)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D8FA #FACBA9

analogous

#A9FAF3 #A9D8FA #A9B0FA

triadic

#A9D8FA #FAA9D8 #D8FAA9

tetradic

#A9D8FA #F3A9FA #FACBA9 #B0FAA9

square

#A9D8FA #F3A9FA #FACBA9 #B0FAA9

split-complementary

#A9D8FA #FAA9B0 #FAF3A9

monochromatic

#35A4F3 #6FBEF7 #A9D8FA #E2F2FD #E2F2FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9D8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#A9D8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D8FA

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D8FA	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCEF9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FE0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.068 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e4fc',
    500: '#a9d8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d8fa;
$custom-light: #c4e4fc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.185,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86071,
    "c": 0.06821,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.64449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D8FA

secondary

#DD9A6B

accent

#6000E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D8FA

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

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