#9EC3CC#9EC3CC

#9EC3CC is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.042 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9EC3CC
RGB	rgb(158, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 31%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(192, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -10.30, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 13.40, 219.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0343 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.042 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5116, 50.6573, 64.5476)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9EC3CC #CCA79E

analogous

#9ECCBE #9EC3CC #9EACCC

triadic

#9EC3CC #CC9EC3 #C3CC9E

tetradic

#9EC3CC #BE9ECC #CCA79E #ACCC9E

square

#9EC3CC #BE9ECC #CCA79E #ACCC9E

split-complementary

#9EC3CC #CC9EAC #CCBE9E

monochromatic

#538E9D #76AAB7 #9EC3CC #C6DCE1 #EBF3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#9EC3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#9EC3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9EC3CC

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9EC3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9EC3CC	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ec3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.042 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbd5db',
    500: '#9ec3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ec3cc;
$custom-light: #bbd5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ec3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 31.081,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7932,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9EC3CC

secondary

#A1776D

accent

#513CAA

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFB

border

#D1D4D4

text

#121415

muted

#828384

Preview Lab

Preview with #9EC3CC

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

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