#A9DEF8#A9DEF8

#A9DEF8 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.065 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DEF8
RGB	rgb(169, 222, 248)
HSL	hsl(200, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(200, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 10.5%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -10.96, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 21.20, 238.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.0423 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.065 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4214, 67.4519, 98.6773)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DEF8 #F8C3A9

analogous

#A9F8EB #A9DEF8 #A9B7F8

triadic

#A9DEF8 #F8A9DE #DEF8A9

tetradic

#A9DEF8 #EBA9F8 #F8C3A9 #B7F8A9

square

#A9DEF8 #EBA9F8 #F8C3A9 #B7F8A9

split-complementary

#A9DEF8 #F8A9B7 #F8EBA9

monochromatic

#38B3EF #70C8F3 #A9DEF8 #E2F4FD #E3F4FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A9DEF8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#A9DEF8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DEF8

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DEF8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DEF8	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1DCF9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5D2F8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FE5E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9def8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 222, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.065 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e8fa',
    500: '#a9def8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9def8;
$custom-light: #c4e8fa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9def8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.747,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87263,
    "c": 0.06529,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DEF8

secondary

#DA906C

accent

#4D04E1

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131617

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DEF8

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

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