#9EC0CF#9EC0CF

#9EC0CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.042 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC0CF
RGB	rgb(158, 192, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(198, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -8.05, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 13.86, 234.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0292 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.042 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.2094, 49.4718, 66.2391)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC0CF #CFAD9E

analogous

#9ECFC6 #9EC0CF #9EA8CF

triadic

#9EC0CF #CF9EC0 #C0CF9E

tetradic

#9EC0CF #C69ECF #CFAD9E #A8CF9E

square

#9EC0CF #C69ECF #CFAD9E #A8CF9E

split-complementary

#9EC0CF #CF9EA8 #CFC69E

monochromatic

#5089A2 #75A5BB #9EC0CF #C7DBE3 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#9EC0CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#9EC0CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC0CF

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC0CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC0CF	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec0cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 192, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.042 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd3dd',
    500: '#9ec0cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec0cf;
$custom-light: #bbd3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec0cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.367,
    "s": 33.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78775,
    "c": 0.04234,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC0CF

secondary

#EBE2DE

accent

#5C39AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC0CF

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

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