#9EC2CA#9EC2CA

#9EC2CA is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.040 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC2CA
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(191, 29%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(191, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -10.22, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 12.97, 218.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0338 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.04 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0500, 50.1154, 63.2180)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC2CA #CAA69E

analogous

#9ECABC #9EC2CA #9EACCA

triadic

#9EC2CA #CA9EC2 #C2CA9E

tetradic

#9EC2CA #BC9ECA #CAA69E #ACCA9E

square

#9EC2CA #BC9ECA #CAA69E #ACCA9E

split-complementary

#9EC2CA #CA9EAC #CABC9E

monochromatic

#548D9A #76A9B4 #9EC2CA #C6DBE0 #EBF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#9EC2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#9EC2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC2CA

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC2CA	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.040 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd4da',
    500: '#9ec2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec2ca;
$custom-light: #bbd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 29.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79039,
    "c": 0.04014,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC2CA

secondary

#9F766D

accent

#513EA8

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121414

muted

#828383

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC2CA

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

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