#A9DEFF#A9DEFF

#A9DEFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.071 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DEFF
RGB	rgb(169, 222, 255)
HSL	hsl(203, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(203, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -9.28, -21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 23.42, 246.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0398 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.071 236)
XYZ	xyz(60.5277, 67.8945, 104.5040)
Luminance	0.6790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DEFF #FFCAA9

analogous

#A9FFF5 #A9DEFF #A9B3FF

triadic

#A9DEFF #FFA9DE #DEFFA9

tetradic

#A9DEFF #F5A9FF #FFCAA9 #B3FFA9

square

#A9DEFF #F5A9FF #FFCAA9 #B3FFA9

split-complementary

#A9DEFF #FFA9B3 #FFF5A9

monochromatic

#2FAFFF #6CC7FF #A9DEFF #E0F3FF #E0F3FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#A9DEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#A9DEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DEFF

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DEFF	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFDCFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3D3FF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CE7E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9deff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 222, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.071 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e8ff',
    500: '#a9deff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9deff;
$custom-light: #c5e8ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9deff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.023,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87512,
    "c": 0.07122,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.67898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DEFF

secondary

#E49868

accent

#5800E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F9FCFF

border

#D2D5D7

text

#131618

muted

#828486

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DEFF

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

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