#A9ECD5#A9ECD5

#A9ECD5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.074 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ECD5
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 213)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(159, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 9.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -25.69, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 26.07, 170.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0736 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.074 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3640, 73.2272, 73.9969)
Luminance	0.7323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ECD5 #ECA9C0

analogous

#A9ECB4 #A9ECD5 #A9E2EC

triadic

#A9ECD5 #D5A9EC #ECD5A9

tetradic

#A9ECD5 #B4A9EC #ECA9C0 #E2ECA9

square

#A9ECD5 #B4A9EC #ECA9C0 #E2ECA9

split-complementary

#A9ECD5 #ECA9E2 #ECB4A9

monochromatic

#45D6A4 #77E1BD #A9ECD5 #DBF7ED #E6F9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#A9ECD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#A9ECD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ECD5

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ECD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ECD5	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8E3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCDBD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98EDE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ecd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.074 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4f2e1',
    500: '#a9ecd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ecd5;
$custom-light: #c4f2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ecd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.403,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89193,
    "c": 0.07448,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ECD5

secondary

#C9718F

accent

#1A57CC

background

#FDFFFE

surface

#F9FEFC

border

#D2D6D5

text

#131715

muted

#828584

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ECD5

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

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