#9EBCD4#9EBCD4

#9EBCD4 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.047 H 242.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCD4
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 212)
HSL	hsl(207, 39%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(207, 25%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -4.77, -15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 16.11, 252.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0219 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.047 242.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9640, 47.9874, 69.2207)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCD4 #D4B69E

analogous

#9ED4D1 #9EBCD4 #9EA1D4

triadic

#9EBCD4 #D49EBC #BCD49E

tetradic

#9EBCD4 #D19ED4 #D4B69E #A1D49E

square

#9EBCD4 #D19ED4 #D4B69E #A1D49E

split-complementary

#9EBCD4 #D49EA1 #D4D19E

monochromatic

#4C81AC #749FC1 #9EBCD4 #C8D9E7 #EAF0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#9EBCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#9EBCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCD4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCD4	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.047 242.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e1',
    500: '#9ebcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcd4;
$custom-light: #bbd0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 38.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78094,
    "c": 0.04736,
    "h": 242.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCD4

secondary

#ECE5DF

accent

#6C34B2

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCD4

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

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