#9EC1CF#9EC1CF

#9EC1CF is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.043 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC1CF
RGB	rgb(158, 193, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(197, 24%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.7%, 6.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -8.57, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 13.85, 231.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0305 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.043 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4298, 49.9124, 66.3125)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC1CF #CFAC9E

analogous

#9ECFC5 #9EC1CF #9EA9CF

triadic

#9EC1CF #CF9EC1 #C1CF9E

tetradic

#9EC1CF #C59ECF #CFAC9E #A9CF9E

square

#9EC1CF #C59ECF #CFAC9E #A9CF9E

split-complementary

#9EC1CF #CF9EA9 #CFC59E

monochromatic

#508BA2 #75A7BB #9EC1CF #C7DBE3 #EBF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9EC1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#9EC1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC1CF

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC1CF	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BFD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 193, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.043 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd3dd',
    500: '#9ec1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec1cf;
$custom-light: #bbd3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 33.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78989,
    "c": 0.0425,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC1CF

secondary

#EBE2DE

accent

#5A39AD

background

#FBFCFD

surface

#F6F9FB

border

#D0D2D4

text

#121415

muted

#818283

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC1CF

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

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