#A9DBEE#A9DBEE

#A9DBEE is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.058 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DBEE
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -11.77, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 18.70, 230.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0422 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.058 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.1215, 65.2685, 90.4607)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DBEE #EEBCA9

analogous

#A9EEDF #A9DBEE #A9B9EE

triadic

#A9DBEE #EEA9DB #DBEEA9

tetradic

#A9DBEE #DFA9EE #EEBCA9 #B9EEA9

square

#A9DBEE #DFA9EE #EEBCA9 #B9EEA9

split-complementary

#A9DBEE #EEA9B9 #EEDFA9

monochromatic

#43B0DA #76C6E4 #A9DBEE #DCF0F8 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9DBEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#A9DBEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DBEE

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DBEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DBEE	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9dbee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.058 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e6f3',
    500: '#a9dbee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9dbee;
$custom-light: #c4e6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9dbee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86282,
    "c": 0.05795,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DBEE

secondary

#CB8970

accent

#4917CF

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DBEE

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

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