#9EC0CD#9EC0CD

#9EC0CD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.041 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC0CD
RGB	rgb(158, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(197, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -8.50, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 13.35, 230.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0299 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.041 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9665, 49.3746, 64.9595)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC0CD #CDAB9E

analogous

#9ECDC2 #9EC0CD #9EA8CD

triadic

#9EC0CD #CD9EC0 #C0CD9E

tetradic

#9EC0CD #C29ECD #CDAB9E #A8CD9E

square

#9EC0CD #C29ECD #CDAB9E #A8CD9E

split-complementary

#9EC0CD #CD9EA8 #CDC29E

monochromatic

#52899F #76A6B8 #9EC0CD #C6DAE2 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#9EC0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC0CD

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC0CD	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.041 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd3dc',
    500: '#9ec0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec0cd;
$custom-light: #bbd3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78707,
    "c": 0.04097,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC0CD

secondary

#EAE1DD

accent

#5A3BAB

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC0CD

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

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