#A9EFEC#A9EFEC

#A9EFEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.070 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EFEC
RGB	rgb(169, 239, 236)
HSL	hsl(177, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(177, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -22.25, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 22.93, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.068 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.07 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3639, 76.2208, 90.7666)
Luminance	0.7622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EFEC #EFA9AC

analogous

#A9EFC9 #A9EFEC #A9CFEF

triadic

#A9EFEC #ECA9EF #EFECA9

tetradic

#A9EFEC #C9A9EF #EFA9AC #CFEFA9

square

#A9EFEC #C9A9EF #EFA9AC #CFEFA9

split-complementary

#A9EFEC #EFA9CF #EFC9A9

monochromatic

#42DCD5 #75E5E1 #A9EFEC #DDF9F7 #E5FAF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#A9EFEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#A9EFEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EFEC

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EFEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EFEC	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9DEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91F3EE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9efec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 239, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.070 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4f4f2',
    500: '#a9efec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9efec;
$custom-light: #c4f4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9efec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90511,
    "c": 0.06968,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EFEC

secondary

#CD7074

accent

#151DD1

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#131716

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EFEC

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

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