Light Steel Blue (Blue)

#A9C4C9

RGB: 169, 196, 201

Color OverviewHEX #A9C4C9

#A9C4C9 Color Code Information

In the RGB color space, #A9C4C9 is composed of 66% red, 77% green, and 79% blue. In the HSL color space, it has a hue of 189°, saturation of 23%, and lightness of 73%.

HEX

#A9C4C9

RGB

169, 196, 201

HSL

189°, 23%, 73%

HSV

189°, 16%, 79%

CMYK

16%, 2%, 0%, 21%

Name Match

Light Steel Blue

Closest Standard

Shades of #A9C4C9 (Darker Variations)

Shades are created by progressively mixing the base color with black.

Tints of #A9C4C9 (Lighter Variations)

Tints are created by progressively mixing the base color with pure white.

Tones of #A9C4C9 (Muted Variations)

Tones are created by mixing the base color with true neutral gray.

Color Harmonies for #A9C4C9

Calculated color schemes based on classic color wheel angles for graphic and web design.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split Complementary

Monochromatic

WCAG Accessibility Contrast Ratios

Verification against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards for web text readability.

Sample Text on #A9C4C9 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure White (#FFFFFF):1.84 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Sample Text on #A9C4C9 Background

Contrast Ratio against Pure Black (#000000):11.43 : 1

WCAG AA (4.5:1)

WCAG AAA (7.0:1)

Developer Code Snippets & Tailwind CSS

CSS Variables & Declarations

:root {
  --color-brand: #A9C4C9;
}

.element {
  color: #A9C4C9;
  background-color: #A9C4C9;
  border-color: #A9C4C9;
}

Tailwind CSS v4 Utility Classes

<!-- Tailwind Arbitrary Values -->
<div className="bg-[#A9C4C9] text-[#A9C4C9] border-[#A9C4C9]">
  Content styled with #A9C4C9
</div>