#A9DCFF#A9DCFF

#A9DCFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.072 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DCFF
RGB	rgb(169, 220, 255)
HSL	hsl(204, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(204, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 13.7%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -8.25, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 23.78, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0374 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.072 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9997, 66.8384, 104.3280)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DCFF #FFCCA9

analogous

#A9FFF7 #A9DCFF #A9B1FF

triadic

#A9DCFF #FFA9DC #DCFFA9

tetradic

#A9DCFF #F7A9FF #FFCCA9 #B1FFA9

square

#A9DCFF #F7A9FF #FFCCA9 #B1FFA9

split-complementary

#A9DCFF #FFA9B1 #FFF7A9

monochromatic

#2FAAFF #6CC3FF #A9DCFF #E0F3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9DCFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#A9DCFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DCFF

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DCFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DCFF	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDDBFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1D1FE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DE5E7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9dcff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 220, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.072 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e6ff',
    500: '#a9dcff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9dcff;
$custom-light: #c5e6ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9dcff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.419,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87092,
    "c": 0.07177,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DCFF

secondary

#E49B68

accent

#5D00E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131618

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DCFF

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

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