#A9DEF2#A9DEF2

#A9DEF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.061 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DEF2
RGB	rgb(169, 222, 242)
HSL	hsl(196, 74%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(196, 30%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -12.38, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 19.65, 230.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0445 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.061 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.5054, 67.0856, 93.8533)
Luminance	0.6709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DEF2 #F2BDA9

analogous

#A9F2E1 #A9DEF2 #A9B9F2

triadic

#A9DEF2 #F2A9DE #DEF2A9

tetradic

#A9DEF2 #E1A9F2 #F2BDA9 #B9F2A9

square

#A9DEF2 #E1A9F2 #F2BDA9 #B9F2A9

split-complementary

#A9DEF2 #F2A9B9 #F2E1A9

monochromatic

#3FB5E2 #74CAEA #A9DEF2 #DEF2FA #E4F5FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9DEF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#A9DEF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DEF2

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DEF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DEF2	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2DBF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7D2F2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91E5E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9def2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 222, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.061 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e8f6',
    500: '#a9def2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9def2;
$custom-light: #c4e8f6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9def2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.438,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87056,
    "c": 0.06101,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DEF2

secondary

#D1896E

accent

#4610D6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFE

border

#D2D5D6

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DEF2

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

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