#9EC2EF#9EC2EF

#9EC2EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.075 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC2EF
RGB	rgb(158, 194, 239)
HSL	hsl(213, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(213, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 18.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -1.45, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 26.21, 266.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0204 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.075 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9676, 52.0824, 89.1174)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC2EF #EFCB9E

analogous

#9EEBEF #9EC2EF #A29EEF

triadic

#9EC2EF #EF9EC2 #C2EF9E

tetradic

#9EC2EF #EF9EEB #EFCB9E #9EEFA2

square

#9EC2EF #EF9EEB #EFCB9E #9EEFA2

split-complementary

#9EC2EF #EFA29E #EBEF9E

monochromatic

#3580DE #69A1E6 #9EC2EF #D3E3F8 #E5EEFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#9EC2EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#9EC2EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC2EF

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC2EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC2EF	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85CCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec2ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 194, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.075 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcd4f4',
    500: '#9ec2ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec2ef;
$custom-light: #bcd4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec2ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.07499,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC2EF

secondary

#CC9E65

accent

#7E12D4

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FBFE

border

#D1D4D6

text

#121417

muted

#828385

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC2EF

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

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