#A9B9E5 Color

#A9B9E5 is rgb(169, 185, 229) in RGB and hsl(224, 54%, 78%) in HSL. The closest CSS named color is LightSteelBlue. Black text is most readable on this background.

#A9B9E5

HEX#A9B9E5

RGBrgb(169, 185, 229)

HSLhsl(224, 54%, 78%)

HSVhsv(224, 26%, 90%)

OKLCHoklch(78.9% 0.065 269.3)

CMYKcmyk(26%, 19%, 0%, 10%)

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG contrast ratios for text on a #A9B9E5 background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1.

TextWhite text1.95:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text10.76:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

Color Harmonies

Colors that pair well with #A9B9E5 based on color wheel relationships. Click any swatch for its full breakdown.

Base#A9B9E5 Complementary#E5D5A9 Analogous#A9D7E5 Analogous#B7A9E5 Triadic#E5A9B9 Triadic#B9E5A9

Tints & Shades

Lighter tints and darker shades of #A9B9E5, useful for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#B4C2E9 #C0CCEC #CCD5F0 #D4DCF2 #E0E5F6 #EBEFF9

Shades

#7D96D8 #5676CD #3658B5 #2A458D #1D3062 #121D3B

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