#A9C6FF · near Periwinkle

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#A9C6FF (RGB 169, 198, 255) is a light, moderately saturated blue, closest to Periwinkle and near Baby Blue and Sky Blue. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #A9C6FF a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 83% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 264°.

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HEX#A9C6FF
RGBrgb(169, 198, 255)
HSLhsl(220, 100%, 83%)
CMYK34, 22, 0, 0
CSS var--periwinkle
Contrast1.72:1 white · 12.21:1 black

Similar named colors

Periwinkle #CCCCFFBaby Blue #89CFF0Sky Blue #87CEEBLavender Gray #C4C3D0Thistle #D8BFD8

How to use #A9C6FF

Black text passes WCAG AA on #A9C6FF (12.21:1); white text does not (1.72:1).

For a calm scheme pair #A9C6FF with its analogous neighbors #A8F1FF and #B7A8FF; for contrast use its complement #FFE2A8 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--periwinkle: #A9C6FF;

Color card

#A9C6FF hex color card: near Periwinkle, RGB 169, 198, 255
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Shades & tints

#222833#444F66#657799#879ECC#A9C6FF#BAD1FF#CBDDFF#DDE8FF#EEF4FF

Color harmonies for #A9C6FF

Complementary

#A9C6FF#FFE2A8

Analogous

#A9C6FF#A8F1FF#B7A8FF

Triadic

#A9C6FF#FFA8C5#C5FFA8

Split complementary

#A9C6FF#FFB7A8#F1FFA8

Tetradic

#A9C6FF#FFA8F1#FFE2A8#A8FFB7

Palettes with #A9C6FF