#A9FAEF#A9FAEF

#A9FAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.830; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.080 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9FAEF
RGB	rgb(169, 250, 239)
HSL	hsl(172, 89%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(172, 32%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.03, -26.92, -2.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.03, 27.04, 185.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.99% -0.0801 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(92.99% 0.08 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.1223, 83.0344, 94.1877)
Luminance	0.8304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9FAEF #FAA9B4

analogous

#A9FAC7 #A9FAEF #A9DDFA

triadic

#A9FAEF #EFA9FA #FAEFA9

tetradic

#A9FAEF #C7A9FA #FAA9B4 #DDFAA9

square

#A9FAEF #C7A9FA #FAA9B4 #DDFAA9

split-complementary

#A9FAEF #FAA9DD #FAC7A9

monochromatic

#35F3D9 #6FF7E4 #A9FAEF #E2FDFA #E2FDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#A9FAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.61

#A9FAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9FAEF

17.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9FAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9FAEF	1.00	1.19	17.61	17.61
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2F1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3E6F0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EFDF6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9faef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 250, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.080 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5fcf4',
    500: '#a9faef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9faef;
$custom-light: #c5fcf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9faef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.852,
    "s": 89.011,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92991,
    "c": 0.08048,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9FAEF

secondary

#DD6B7A

accent

#001FE6

background

#FDFFFF

surface

#F9FFFE

border

#D2D7D6

text

#131717

muted

#828585

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9FAEF

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

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