#A9DBEF#A9DBEF

#A9DBEF is a very light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.059 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DBEF
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(197, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -11.54, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 18.94, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0419 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.059 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2688, 65.3274, 91.2365)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DBEF #EFBDA9

analogous

#A9EFE0 #A9DBEF #A9B8EF

triadic

#A9DBEF #EFA9DB #DBEFA9

tetradic

#A9DBEF #E0A9EF #EFBDA9 #B8EFA9

square

#A9DBEF #E0A9EF #EFBDA9 #B8EFA9

split-complementary

#A9DBEF #EFA9B8 #EFE0A9

monochromatic

#42B0DC #75C5E5 #A9DBEF #DDF1F9 #E5F4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9DBEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#A9DBEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DBEF

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DBEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DBEF	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D8F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D0EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92E1E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9dbef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.059 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e6f4',
    500: '#a9dbef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9dbef;
$custom-light: #c4e6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9dbef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86316,
    "c": 0.05862,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DBEF

secondary

#CD8A70

accent

#4B15D1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DBEF

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

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