#A9EFEF#A9EFEF

#A9EFEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.070 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EFEF
RGB	rgb(169, 239, 239)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(180, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -21.59, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 22.69, 197.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0668 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.07 196)
XYZ	xyz(62.8035, 76.3966, 93.0814)
Luminance	0.7640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EFEF #EFA9A9

analogous

#A9EFCC #A9EFEF #A9CCEF

triadic

#A9EFEF #EFA9EF #EFEFA9

tetradic

#A9EFEF #CCA9EF #EFA9A9 #CCEFA9

square

#A9EFEF #CCA9EF #EFA9A9 #CCEFA9

split-complementary

#A9EFEF #EFA9CC #EFCCA9

monochromatic

#42DCDC #75E5E5 #A9EFEF #DDF9F9 #E5FAFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#A9EFEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#A9EFEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EFEF

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EFEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EFEF	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6E8EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9DEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90F3EF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9efef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 239, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.070 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5f4f4',
    500: '#a9efef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9efef;
$custom-light: #c5f4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9efef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90603,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EFEF

secondary

#CD7070

accent

#1515D1

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FEFE

border

#D2D6D6

text

#131717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EFEF

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

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