#A9ECC6#A9ECC6

#A9ECC6 is a very light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.085 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ECC6
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 198)
HSL	hsl(146, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(146, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 16.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -28.65, 11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 30.97, 157.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0799 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.085 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.5474, 72.5006, 64.4297)
Luminance	0.7250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ECC6 #ECA9CF

analogous

#AEECA9 #A9ECC6 #A9ECE8

triadic

#A9ECC6 #C6A9EC #ECC6A9

tetradic

#A9ECC6 #A9AEEC #ECA9CF #ECE8A9

square

#A9ECC6 #A9AEEC #ECA9CF #ECE8A9

split-complementary

#A9ECC6 #E8A9EC #ECA9AE

monochromatic

#45D684 #77E1A5 #A9ECC6 #DBF7E7 #E6F9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#A9ECC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#A9ECC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ECC6

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ECC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ECC6	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBE2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFDAC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9CEBE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ecc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.085 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4f2d7',
    500: '#a9ecc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ecc6;
$custom-light: #c4f2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ecc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.97,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.888,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ECC6

secondary

#C971A3

accent

#1A7FCC

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFB

border

#D2D6D4

text

#131714

muted

#828583

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ECC6

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

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