#9EBCD9#9EBCD9

#9EBCD9 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.053 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCD9
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 217)
HSL	hsl(209, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(209, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -3.60, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 18.22, 258.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0201 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.053 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6045, 48.2436, 72.5940)
Luminance	0.4824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCD9 #D9BB9E

analogous

#9ED9D9 #9EBCD9 #9E9ED9

triadic

#9EBCD9 #D99EBC #BCD99E

tetradic

#9EBCD9 #D99ED9 #D9BB9E #9ED99E

square

#9EBCD9 #D99ED9 #D9BB9E #9ED99E

split-complementary

#9EBCD9 #D99E9E #D9D99E

monochromatic

#477FB5 #729EC8 #9EBCD9 #CADAEA #E9F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#9EBCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#9EBCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCD9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCD9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.053 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd0e4',
    500: '#9ebcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebcd9;
$custom-light: #bbd0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.492,
    "s": 43.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78275,
    "c": 0.05282,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCD9

secondary

#EDE5DE

accent

#722FB7

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121315

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCD9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →