#A9E6F6#A9E6F6

#A9E6F6 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.065 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E6F6
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 246)
HSL	hsl(192, 81%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(192, 31%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -15.51, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 20.87, 222.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.053 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.065 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.2881, 71.6793, 97.7770)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E6F6 #F6B9A9

analogous

#A9F6E0 #A9E6F6 #A9C0F6

triadic

#A9E6F6 #F6A9E6 #E6F6A9

tetradic

#A9E6F6 #E0A9F6 #F6B9A9 #C0F6A9

square

#A9E6F6 #E0A9F6 #F6B9A9 #C0F6A9

split-complementary

#A9E6F6 #F6A9C0 #F6E0A9

monochromatic

#3AC6EA #72D6F0 #A9E6F6 #E0F6FC #E3F7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#A9E6F6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#A9E6F6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E6F6

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E6F6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E6F6	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAE2F7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CED8F6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FECEB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e6f6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.065 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4eef9',
    500: '#a9e6f6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e6f6;
$custom-light: #c4eef9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e6f6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.468,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 81.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88894,
    "c": 0.06534,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E6F6

secondary

#D7836D

accent

#3408DD

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#131617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E6F6

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

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