#A9ECFF#A9ECFF

#A9ECFF is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.072 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ECFF
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 255)
HSL	hsl(193, 100%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(193, 34%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.69, -16.41, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.69, 22.83, 224.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.057 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.072 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4016, 75.6423, 105.7953)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ECFF #FFBCA9

analogous

#A9FFE7 #A9ECFF #A9C1FF

triadic

#A9ECFF #FFA9EC #ECFFA9

tetradic

#A9ECFF #E7A9FF #FFBCA9 #C1FFA9

square

#A9ECFF #E7A9FF #FFBCA9 #C1FFA9

split-complementary

#A9ECFF #FFA9C1 #FFE7A9

monochromatic

#2FD1FF #6CDEFF #A9ECFF #E0F8FF #E0F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#A9ECFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#A9ECFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ECFF

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ECFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ECFF	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFE8FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1DDFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AF3F2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ecff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.072 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5f2ff',
    500: '#a9ecff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ecff;
$custom-light: #c5f2ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ecff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.256,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90476,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ECFF

secondary

#E48368

accent

#3300E6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFF

border

#D2D6D7

text

#131618

muted

#828586

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ECFF

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

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