#9EBCE5#9EBCE5

#9EBCE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.067 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EBCE5
RGB	rgb(158, 188, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 58%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(215, 31%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 17.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -0.70, -23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 23.76, 268.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0159 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.067 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2225, 48.8908, 81.1150)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EBCE5 #E5C79E

analogous

#9EDFE5 #9EBCE5 #A39EE5

triadic

#9EBCE5 #E59EBC #BCE59E

tetradic

#9EBCE5 #E59EDF #E5C79E #9EE5A3

square

#9EBCE5 #E59EDF #E5C79E #9EE5A3

split-complementary

#9EBCE5 #E5A39E #DFE59E

monochromatic

#3D79CB #6E9BD8 #9EBCE5 #CEDDF2 #E7EEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#9EBCE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#9EBCE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EBCE5

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EBCE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EBCE5	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEBEE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B7E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ebce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 188, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.067 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd0ed',
    500: '#9ebce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ebce5;
$custom-light: #bcd0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ebce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.648,
    "s": 57.724,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78727,
    "c": 0.06724,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EBCE5

secondary

#F0E7DB

accent

#8020C5

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F9FD

border

#D0D2D5

text

#121316

muted

#818284

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EBCE5

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

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