#A9E8FA#A9E8FA

#A9E8FA is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.068 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E8FA
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 250)
HSL	hsl(193, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(193, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -15.58, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 21.68, 224.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.054 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.068 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.4685, 73.0470, 101.2318)
Luminance	0.7305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E8FA #FABBA9

analogous

#A9FAE3 #A9E8FA #A9C0FA

triadic

#A9E8FA #FAA9E8 #E8FAA9

tetradic

#A9E8FA #E3A9FA #FABBA9 #C0FAA9

square

#A9E8FA #E3A9FA #FABBA9 #C0FAA9

split-complementary

#A9E8FA #FAA9C0 #FAE3A9

monochromatic

#35C9F3 #6FD9F7 #A9E8FA #E2F7FD #E2F7FD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#A9E8FA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#A9E8FA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E8FA

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E8FA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E8FA	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCE4FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFDAFA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DEFED

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e8fa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 250);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.068 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5effc',
    500: '#a9e8fa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e8fa;
$custom-light: #c5effc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e8fa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 250
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89455,
    "c": 0.06796,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E8FA

secondary

#DD846B

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#131617

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E8FA

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

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